I want to open a remote desktop connection directly from a shortcut, and I want to embed the username password within the shortcut.
How do I get the path of a remote desktop from an RDP shortcut, and can we set password in an RDP shortcut?
Windows XP – How to Make a Shortcut of a Remote Desktop Connection with Password
remote desktopwindows xp
Related Solutions
Turns out this indeed is configurable via Group Policy (in my case controlled via Windows domain). See this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281262
You can solve this with a two pronged approach:
1. Install the RD Web Access role and enable the remote password change option
The following directions are from the woshub.com article Allow users to reset expired password via RD WebAccess in Windows Server 2012:
In Windows 2012 / 2012 R2 an option appeared that allows a remote user to change their password (current or an expired one) using a special web-page on the RD Web Access server. The password will be changed like this: a user signs in to the registration web page on the server with the RD Web Access role and changes his password using a special form.
A remote password change option is available on the server with the Remote Desktop Web Access (RD Web Access) role, but it is disabled by default. To change a password, a script password.aspx is used, which is located in C:\Windows\Web\RDWeb\Pages\en-US.
To enable the password change option, on the server with the configured RD Web Access role open the IIS Manager console, go to [Server Name] –> Sites –> Default Web Site –> RDWeb –> Pages and open the section Application Settings.
In the right pane, find PasswordChangeEnabled parameter and change its value to true.
You can test the password change mechanism going to the following web-page:
https://RDSServerName/RDWeb/Pages/en-US/password.aspx
Now when trying to connect to the RD Web Access server with the expired password, a user will be redirected to password.aspx web-page and offered to change his password.
Tip. The same Windows Server 2008 R2 feature can become available after you install a special patch — KB2648402.
2. Enable prompts notifying users of pending password expiration
- Run
gpedit.mscon the RDSH server to open Local Group Policy - Nagivate to
Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Local Policies\Security Options - Edit the setting Interactive logon: Prompt user to change password before expiration and specify a reasonable number of days, such as 14.
- Users, including those logged in via Remote Desktop, will receive a notification prior to their password expiring.
Best Answer
When saving the RDP file, check off the Save my password checkbox. This will save your password to the
.RDPfile in an encrypted format. Be careful though, as people have found out how to decrypt it: