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Lagoda Denis
Lagoda Denis

Reputation: 235

Run mstsc in PowerShell without a password prompt

I have a simple .ps1 file:

$Server="remotepc.company.net"
$User=".\login"
$Password="password"

cmdkey /generic:TERMSRV/$Server /user:$User /pass:$Password
mstsc /v:$Server /h:1080 /w:1920

And anyway it asks for a password.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9780

Answers (3)

Will Webb
Will Webb

Reputation: 805

You could try:

$Server="remotepc.company.net"
$User="localhost\login"
$Password="password"
$SecurePassword = $Password | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force

cmdkey /generic:$Server /user:$User /pass:$SecurePassword
mstsc /v:$Server /h:1080 /w:1920

Upvotes: 0

Lagoda Denis
Lagoda Denis

Reputation: 235

The issue was in $User=".\login".

login is a local user name (not domain).

So to force it to work:

$User="localhost\login"

Upvotes: 1

Ranadip Dutta
Ranadip Dutta

Reputation: 9133

In RDP, go to the option checked to always ask for credentials:

Launch RDP → Show options → *un-check Always ask for credentials.

It seems, even though you gave credentials correctly, this was still making RDP ask.

Upvotes: 1

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