Creating a Common Icon for Connecting to Terminal Server on a Computer That Has Multiple Users (268751)

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In this scenario, multiple users need to log on to the same computer and connection to Terminal Server. Using the Terminal Server Client Connection Manager, the administrator can create a desktop icon that automatically connects to a Terminal Server computer.

However, the icon uses the user profile information that is stored in the registry for the user who creates the icon. To change the configuration in the registry to use the user profile of a user who logs on to the computer, follow these steps:

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedit) and locate the following key:
   
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client
2. Export this key to the desktop.
3. Open this key in Notepad, and then edit the key by replacing HKEY_CURRENT_USER with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Import.
4. Save the edited key file, and then quit Registry Editor.
5. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32) and click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to highlight it.
6. Load the Ntuser.dat file from the \Winnt\Profiles\Default User folder as a hive. When prompted, name the new hive Import.
7. Double-click the exported registry file that you had previously edited, to load it.
8. Highlight the Import hive under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, and then unload it.
   
   Note: You have now modified the Default User Ntuser.dat file to include the information needed for all new users to gain access to the icon.
9. Copy the icon for the Terminal Server session to the desktop while you are logged on as the user who created the session.
10. Copy the icon from the desktop to the Winnt\Profiles\Allusers\Desktop folder.
    
    Note: All new users who log on can now connect to this session. For current users to connect to this session, export the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client from the initial user who created the session. Current users must double-click the key to load it, and then they can gain access to the common Terminal Server session.