A while back I needed to connect to different servers quite often via mstsc, and a lot of the times I needed a console connection to the specific server, so I decided to write a small app, so I did not have to type Mstsc /v:server /console all the time.
I decided to make a small AutoIT app, that would dock in the systray.
What it does is, it reads a list of servers from an .ini file, you need to prepopulate the list with the servers in your own environment like this.
So what it ends up looking like in “production” is something like this…
You can download the compiled app here…
Flex Console connect app by Xenophane
For the paranoid I will attach the AutoIT source code, so you can compile it your self :)
#Include
Opt(“TrayOnEventMode”,1)
Opt(“TrayAutoPause”,0)
Opt(“TrayMenuMode”,1) ; Default tray menu items (Script Paused/Exit) will not be shown.
Global $server[100][3]
$Console = TrayCreateMenu(“Console Connect”)
$Regular = TrayCreateMenu(“Regular Connect”)
$data = IniReadSection ( @ScriptDir&"\servers.ini", “servers” )
;~ For $i = 1 To $data[0][0]
;~ MsgBox(4096, “”, “Key: " & $data[$i][2] & @CRLF & “Value: " & $data[$i][1])
;~ Next
$server[0][0] = $data[0][0]
For $i = 1 to $data[0][0]
$server[$i][0] = TrayCreateItem($data[$i][0], $Console)
TrayItemSetOnEvent(-1, “ServerConsole”)
$server[$i][1] = TrayCreateItem($data[$i][0], $Regular)
TrayItemSetOnEvent(-1, “ServerRegular”)
$server[$i][2] = $data[$i][1]
Next
TrayCreateItem("")
TrayCreateItem(“About”)
TrayItemSetOnEvent(-1, “DoAbout”)
TrayCreateItem("")
TrayCreateItem(“Exit”)
TrayItemSetOnEvent(-1, “DoExit”)
TraySetState()
While 1
Sleep(100)
WEnd
Func DoAbout()
Msgbox(64,“About:”,“Tool by Claus T. Nielsen”)
EndFunc
Func DoExit()
Exit
EndFunc
Func ServerConsole()
For $i = 1 to $server[0][0]
If $server[$i][0] = @TRAY_ID Then
Run(“mstsc -v:"&$server[$i][2]&” /F -console”)
ExitLoop
EndIf
Next
EndFunc
Func ServerRegular()
For $i = 1 to $server[0][0]
If $server[$i][1] = @TRAY_ID Then
Run(“mstsc -v:"&$server[$i][2]&” “)
ExitLoop
EndIf
Next
EndFunc
Remember that the /console switch has been deprecated in Vista SP1, and replaced by the /admin switch, the above code does not reflect this change currently, but it is very easily changed.