How to Create a Remote Desktop Connection Shortcut

Posted by David • Feb 12th, 2010 11:03:47 am - Subscribe | Mood: full | Music: The Postal Service - The District Sleeps

This entry explains how to Create a (RDP) Remote Desktop Connection Shortcut on Windows 7, XP, & Server 2003.

Nobody likes to type an IP or network address if you do not have to. At work we have so many IP's it's hard to track, whats what.

I personally like to use mRemote to manage network connections, but here is a simple way just to create a remote desktop connection so that all you have to do is double click an icon for remote access.

How to Create a Remote Desktop Connection Shortcut

Go to your desktop
Right click on it
Create new shortcut
In the Type the location of the item enter this
mstsc.exe /v:192.168.0.111 /w:800 /h:600
Be sure to change the 192.168.0.111 to the IP that you wish to connect to remotely
Notice the w:800 & h:600 - This is the width and the height of the remote desktop connection window upon double clicking. You can change these values at any time to suit your window.
To go full screen with your remote desktop connection shortcut simply remove w:800 /h:600 and replace it with /f

I hope this helps. If you have any tips or tricks on remote desktop connection shortcuts please leave a comment.

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