I've created one RDP file
full address:s:10.20.30.40
username:s:myuser
password:s:mypassword
domain:s:mydomain
When I open this file it still asks me for the password. What can I do to tell RDP client to use password mentioned in the file instead of asking user?
I had the issue on Windows 10 with perma asking password when I try to connect to a new machine.
First, the password line in the RDP must be named:
password 51:b:myEncryptedPassword
And the pass must by encrypted. You can use cryptRDP5 to convert it: https://github.com/jps-networks-modifiedOSS/openvpn-als-applications/tree/master/adito-application-rdp-xplatform-embedded/src/windows
cryptRDP5.exe yourpassword
Note that the generated password is only valid for the machine that did it.
Note 2: cryptRDP5 don't seems to parse correctly a password containing an apostrophe character ' Better to use Powershell as suggested in comments.
Open the Group Policy editor (Start > Run > gpedit.msc) and navigate to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Connection Client
For value Do not allow passwords to be saved, check that is set to Disabled.
When connecting to a machine in Remote Desktop Connector, expand the Options panel and confirm that Allow me to save credentials is checked.
I had to do all these three steps to make it not prompt for password when trying to connect using the .rdp file.
Open the .rdp file in a text editor and look for the line prompt for credentials:i:1. Change the last 1 to a 0, like so prompt for credentials:i:0
Generate encrypted password using this PowerShell command:
("MySuperSecretPassword" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force) | ConvertFrom-SecureString;
Add a line like this password 51:b:MyEncryptedPassword in the .rdp file.
Now connecting using the .rdp file should not prompt for the password.
I didn't managed to do this by modifying the .rdp. But a workaround is, to change the settings of the remote desktop connection application. In Preferences -> User Accounts you can add your account + password:
Here is a Python 3 program that inserts username/password into RDP file and also creates LNK file for it (to drag to quick launch, for example). It is based on several existing solutions, credits for those goes to their authors.
import sys, os, getpass, subprocess
if (len(sys.argv) != 2):
print("\nRDPPassword is a Python 3 program that inserts username")
print("and password into existing RDP file and creates a LNK file")
print("that can be dragged to taskbar's QuickLaunch area.")
print("\nUSAGE: python %s <RDP file>\n" % os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
exit(1)
def InsertPassword(rdpfile, user, password):
fileIn = open(rdpfile, "r", encoding="'utf_16_le")
lines = fileIn.read().splitlines()
fileIn.close()
outLines = []
bPromptCredentials = False
bUsername = False
bPassword = False
for line in lines:
if line.startswith('promptcredentialonce:i:'):
outLines.append('promptcredentialonce:i:1')
bPromptCredentials = True
elif line.startswith('username:s:'):
outLines.append('username:s:%s' % user)
bUsername = True
elif line.startswith('password 51:b:'):
outLines.append('password 51:b:%s' % password)
bPassword = True
elif len(line)>0:
outLines.append(line)
if not bPromptCredentials:
outLines.append('promptcredentialonce:i:1')
if not bUsername:
outLines.append('username:s:%s' % user)
if not bPassword:
outLines.append('password 51:b:%s' % password)
fileOut = open(rdpfile, "w", encoding="utf_16_le")
for line in outLines:
#fileOut.write("%s%s" % (line, os.linesep))
fileOut.write("%s%s" % (line, '\n'))
#print("#%s#"%line)
fileOut.close()
def RunShell(command):
# pipes usage taken from: https://superuser.com/questions/1540516/how-do-i-execute-powershell-commands-with-pipes-in-python
PSEXE = r'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
PSRUNCMD = "Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock "
process = subprocess.run([PSEXE, PSRUNCMD + "{" + command + "}"], stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines = True)
#print("CMD", command)
#print("ERR", process.stderr)
#print("OUT", process.stdout)
return process.stdout
if not os.path.exists(sys.argv[1]):
print("\nFile '%s' not found.\n" % sys.argv[1])
exit(1)
if not ( (sys.argv[1].endswith(".rdp")) or (sys.argv[1].endswith(".RDP")) ):
print("\nFile '%s' not a RDP file.\n" % sys.argv[1])
exit(1)
print("\nInserting username/password into '%s'" % sys.argv[1])
username = input("Username: ")
#password = getpass.getpass("Password: ") #use this if you do not want the password to be seen while typing
password = input("Password: ")
insert username/password into RDP file
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RDP password generation taken from: https://serverfault.com/questions/867467/rdp-file-with-embedded-password-asks-for-password
PassCmd = "('%s' | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force) | ConvertFrom-SecureString;" % password
password = RunShell(PassCmd)
InsertPassword(sys.argv[1], username, password)
create a LNK file for RDP
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print("\nCreating a LNK file for '%s'" % sys.argv[1])
https://superuser.com/questions/298974/how-do-i-pin-a-remote-desktop-connection-to-the-taskbar
RunRdp = r'"%windir%\system32\mstsc.exe"'
RunArgs = "'"%s"'" % os.path.abspath(sys.argv[1])
https://superuser.com/questions/392061/how-to-make-a-shortcut-from-cmd
LnkCmd = '$ws = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell; $s = $ws.CreateShortcut("%s"); $S.TargetPath = %s; $S.Arguments = %s; $S.Save()' % (sys.argv[1][:-3]+"lnk", RunRdp, RunArgs)
RunShell(LnkCmd)
print("\nDone.\n")
