Command to enable Remote Desktop using CMD

Vikas Vijay Bhadvalkar 25 Reputation points
2023-06-28T20:38:18.7733333+00:00

Command to enable Remote Desktop using CMD batch

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Anonymous
2023-06-28T20:52:38.54+00:00

You'll need to start Remote Desktop Services (TermService) service, then add the firewall rule to allow inbound connections on port 3389, and finally add the users to the Remote Desktop Users

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  1. Matthew Bechtol 506 Reputation points
    2023-06-28T20:48:51.9266667+00:00 
    :: Enable remote access.

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

:: allow through firewall.

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="remote desktop" new enable=Yes

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  2. Nick_Tyks 85 Reputation points
    2026-07-23T07:20:14.41+00:00

    I instead used PowerShell a while back, since the CMD batch thing didn't work for me at the time. Not totally sure why, maybe a permissions issue or the reg add command just failing silently depending on the Windows build. Running the same commands in PowerShell as admin worked fine though, it tends to handle registry and firewall stuff more reliably than CMD. Other times I just use HelpWire if I need a quick remote session without messing with RDP at all.

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