Managing Terminal Services from the command lineYou can manage users, sessions, processes, and terminal servers by using command-line utilities. The following table lists the Terminal Services administrative utilities that you can invoke from the command line.

Command Function
change logon Disables, temporarily, logons to a terminal server.
change port Changes COM port mappings for MS-DOS program compatibility.
change user Changes the .ini file mapping for the current user.
cprofile Removes user-specific file associations from a user profile.
flattemp Enables or disables flat temporary directories.
logoff Logs off a user from a session and deletes the session from the server.
msg Sends a message to a user or group of users.
mstsc Displays the Remote Desktop Connection to establish a connection with a Terminal Server.
query process Displays information about processes running on a terminal server.
query session Displays information about sessions on a terminal server.
query termserver Displays a list of all terminal servers on the network.
query user Displays information about user sessions on a terminal server.
register Registers applications to execute in a global context on the system.
reset session Resets a session to known initial values.
shadow Monitors another user's session.
tscon Connects to another existing terminal server session.
tsdiscon Disconnects a client from a terminal server session.
tskill Ends a process.
tsprof Copies user configuration and changes profile path.
tsshutdn Shuts down a terminal server.