Vista - Remote Desktop client default settings

I apologize if this is a double-post. I'm using Windows Mail on Vista
Ultimate
and do not see my post listed.

Some weeks back I enabled the ability to share my local drives with a PC I
was remoting into. Ever since then this option is enabled in every RDP
session I start. I can go in and uncheck the option, but I'm having to do
that every time I remote into a machine, even though I'd not used this
setting on these machines before.

Is there a way I can wipe out any saved RDP settings en masse and start
over? I'm using Vista Ultimate SP1.

Joe,

Sounds like you may have saved over the default Remote Desktop configuration. No worries, this is a pretty quick fix.

In Vista, click on Start and type in MSTSC.EXE. When the remote desktop window opens, clear the value from the Computer box. So that it is blank.

Then click on Options and go to Local Resources tab. Uncheck the share local drives option.

Continue through each tab and set the options as you would like them to be for each new MSTSC connection, then return to the General Tab. From there, verify the computer name is blank and then click on Save As.

In your Documents folder is a hidden file named Default.RDP, this is the default configuration that is used for all new Remote Desktop Connections. You will save over this and replace it. This will correct the issue with you having to uncheck the share local drives option for all new connections.

For connections you use frequently, you will want to repeat the procedures above, then save them with a new name.

Mac
Federal IT Systems Engineer
Washington DC

Looks good, that's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Joe

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