Edit (special actions)

The Edit (special actions) option in Remote Desktop Manager Windows allows users and administrators to modify entries in ways that are not part of their normal configurations. This can be accessed in Edit – Special actions either in the top menu or by right-clicking an entry.

Available special actions depend on the type of entry selected.

Windows

General

ACTIONS	DESCRIPTIONS
Change color	Changes entries icon color, provided they are part of Remote Desktop Manager default icon set.
Custom PowerShell command	Allows executing a custom powershell command to perform many different operations.
Detect MAC addresses	Detects the MAC address of the selected machine entries and fills the appropriate field in the asset section.
Load from system information	Fills the asset section of the entry.
Move selection to new folder	Moves the selected entries to another folder.
Move to existing password list	Relocates the selected credential entries information to an existing password list.

Web

ACTIONS	DESCRIPTIONS
Assign favicon	Assigns the relevant favicon(s) to the selected website entries.
Convert website (legacy) to website	Converts a deprecated website (legacy) entry into a Website entry.
Discover HTML autofill	Attempts to fill the HTML login information fields of the selected entries.
Set default HTML autofill	Fills in the Username ID and Password ID fields of the selected entries with their default values.

Convert to

ACTIONS	DESCRIPTIONS
Convert PuTTY session to Embedded PuTTY session	Converts selected PuTTY session(s) into embedded PuTTY session(s).
Convert PuTTY/Rebex session to SSH/Telnet/Port forward session	Converts selected PuTTY/Rebex session(s) to SSH/Telnet/Port forward session(s).
Convert to API key	Converts the selected credential entry into an API Key entry.
Convert to credential	Converts an information type entry to a username/password entry.
Convert to login (account)	Converts the selected credential entry into a Login (Account) entry.
Convert to password list	Converts the selected credential entry into a password list.
Convert to website	Converts the selected credential entry into a Website entry.

Extractor

Extract credential entry	Extracts the credentials of the entry in a new entry and links the previous entry to that host. In the case of a password list, extracts the individual items of the password list into multiple credential entries.
Extract merged information entry	Extracts the different parts of an information entry into separate entries
Extract VPN	Extracts the VPN information of the entry in a new entry and links the previous entry to that VPN.
Extract contact	Extracts the contact information of the entry in a new entry.
Extract host entry	Extracts the host of the entry in a new entry and links the previous entry to that host.

Template

Convert with template	Converts the selected entries according to a chosen template. Also gives the option to choose which of the entry's information to retain.

See also

• Devolutions Academy – Explore Edit (special actions) in Remote Desktop Manager

macOS