I find it increasingly frustrating that there is no simple sort operation that can be done on the tsmmc.msc (Remote Desktops) server list. I manage over a hundred servers and find the Remote Desktops tool the easiest way to connect to a console session, however by design it does not have a means of sorting the servers list alphabetically. The tsmmc.msc appears to save the server list in Base64 however I am not a programmer to be able to code a utility that can sort the list for me... Can anyone here assist?
This has been tried before, and as far as I know, nobody has succedded yet. Here's a link to some posts by Alex Angelopoulos, who investigated the problem a couple of years back: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.terminal_serv ices/browse_frm/thread/ead4d4093234009b/b08ef0c91ad9659a? hl=en#b08ef0c91ad9659a You could submit this on Microsofts Feedback site: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/feedback.mspx _________________________________________________________ Vera Noest MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net SQL troubleshooting: http://sql.veranoest.net ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ =?Utf-8?B?Sm9obi0xMy0zLTA2?= wrote on 13 mar 2006 in microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.clients: > I find it increasingly frustrating that there is no simple sort > operation that can be done on the tsmmc.msc (Remote Desktops) > server list. I manage over a hundred servers and find the Remote > Desktops tool the easiest way to connect to a console session, > however by design it does not have a means of sorting the > servers list alphabetically. The tsmmc.msc appears to save the > server list in Base64 however I am not a programmer to be able > to code a utility that can sort the list for me... Can anyone > here assist?
Not exactly what you want, but an alternative is to create a folder full of .rdp files set to connect to the console. That way you could have them in alpha order. -TP John-13-3-06 wrote: > I find it increasingly frustrating that there is no simple sort > operation that can be done on the tsmmc.msc (Remote Desktops) server > list. I manage over a hundred servers and find the Remote Desktops > tool the easiest way to connect to a console session, however by > design it does not have a means of sorting the servers list > alphabetically. The tsmmc.msc appears to save the server list in > Base64 however I am not a programmer to be able to code a utility > that can sort the list for me... Can anyone here assist?
John is talking about the Remote Desktops utility from the 2003 AdminPak. Like John, I love and hate this tool. The main feature is that you can manage all rdp sessions in a single window, and it connects to the console by default, but the main disadvantage is what John describes: no sorting order whatsoever. _________________________________________________________ Vera Noest MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net SQL troubleshooting: http://sql.veranoest.net ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ "TP" wrote on 14 mar 2006 in microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.clients: > Not exactly what you want, but an alternative is to > create a folder full of .rdp files set to connect to > the console. That way you could have them > in alpha order. > > -TP > > John-13-3-06 wrote: >> I find it increasingly frustrating that there is no simple sort >> operation that can be done on the tsmmc.msc (Remote Desktops) >> server list. I manage over a hundred servers and find the >> Remote Desktops tool the easiest way to connect to a console >> session, however by design it does not have a means of sorting >> the servers list alphabetically. The tsmmc.msc appears to save >> the server list in Base64 however I am not a programmer to be >> able to code a utility that can sort the list for me... Can >> anyone here assist?
Yes, I know. I was just suggesting an alternative. Many people are not aware that you can save a .rdp file to a console session because there is no "connect to console" checkbox in the RD client interface. The other thing is that the RDP Activex is very easy to work with. It would not be a big deal to write a program in vb.net that did the same thing as the mmc. Maybe a few hours work. -TP Vera Noest [MVP] wrote: > John is talking about the Remote Desktops utility from the 2003 > AdminPak. > Like John, I love and hate this tool. The main feature is that you > can manage all rdp sessions in a single window, and it connects to > the console by default, but the main disadvantage is what John > describes: no sorting order whatsoever. > > _________________________________________________________ > Vera Noest > MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server > TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net > SQL troubleshooting: http://sql.veranoest.net > ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
Aaah, I see. I read your sentence: > Not exactly what you want as "I'm not exactly sure what you want". Sorry. _________________________________________________________ Vera Noest MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net SQL troubleshooting: http://sql.veranoest.net *----------- Please reply in newsgroup -------------* "TP" wrote on 14 mar 2006: > Yes, I know. > > -TP > > Vera Noest [MVP] wrote: > >> John is talking about the Remote Desktops utility
