Microsoft RDP sessions work using mstsc.exe but not in Remote Desktop Manager

This topic describes the troubleshooting steps for when establishing a session to a remote host reacts differently in Remote Desktop Manager than mstsc.exe.

Solution

Comparing our settings to a native rdp file

When you use the External display mode, Remote Desktop Manager will create a temporary RDP file and call mstsc.exe with the file as a parameter. It can be useful to grab that file while it exists and to compare it with one created using mstsc.exe.

1. Create or duplicate the session that you want to diagnose.
2. Set the display mode to External.
3. Launch the session.

The file will be deleted when you close Remote Desktop Manager, you need to copy it before then.

1. Open %TMP%\RDM, copy your file in another folder.
2. Open the file in your editor of choice and compare it to a file created using mstsc.exe.

Starting rdp sessions is slow compared to the native rdp

We have isolated the issue and we fixed it by changing your RDP engine version to RDP 6.0 or 7.0 in File – Settings – Types – Remote Desktop.