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Downloads:

161,364

Downloads of v 2.93.1431:

31,663

Last Update:

26 Jul 2023

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Julian Burger

Tags:

remote desktop rdp connect freeware admin

Remote Desktop Connection Manager

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2.93.1431 | Updated: 26 Jul 2023

Downloads:

161,364

Downloads of v 2.93.1431:

31,663

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Julian Burger

Remote Desktop Connection Manager 2.93.1431

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Julian Burger. The inclusion of Julian Burger trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Julian Burger goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Remote Desktop Connection Manager, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Remote Desktop Connection Manager, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Remote Desktop Connection Manager, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade rdcman -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade rdcman -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install rdcman
  win_chocolatey:
    name: rdcman
    version: '2.93.1431'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'rdcman' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '2.93.1431'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller rdcman
{
    Name     = "rdcman"
    Version  = "2.93.1431"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'rdcman':
  ensure   => '2.93.1431',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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Description

RDCMan manages multiple remote desktop connections. It is useful for managing server labs where you need regular access to each machine such as automated checkin systems and data centers. It is similar to the built-in MMC Remote Desktops snap-in, but more flexible.

Servers are organized into named groups. You can connect or disconnect to all servers in a group with a single command. You can view all the servers in a group as a set of thumbnails, showing live action in each session. Servers can inherit their logon settings from a parent group or a credential store. Thus when you change your lab account password, you only need to change the password stored by RDCMan in one place. Passwords are stored securely by encrypting with either CryptProtectData using the (locally) logged on user's authority or an X509 certificate.

Notes

Upgrade note: RDG files with version 2.8+ of RDCMan are not compatible with older program versions. Any legacy RDG file opened and saved with this version will be backed up as filename.old


update.ps1
Import-Module AU
Import-Module "$env:ChocolateyInstall\helpers\chocolateyInstaller.psm1"
Import-Module "$PSScriptRoot\..\..\scripts\au_extensions.psm1"

$zipUrl = 'https://download.sysinternals.com/files/RDCMan.zip'

function global:au_SearchReplace {
   @{
        ".\tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1" = @{
            "(?i)(^\s*url\s*=\s*)('.*')"          = "`$1'$($Latest.URL32)'"
            "(?i)(^\s*checksum\s*=\s*)('.*')"     = "`$1'$($Latest.Checksum32)'"
            "(?i)(^\s*checksumType\s*=\s*)('.*')" = "`$1'$($Latest.ChecksumType32)'"
        }
    }
}

function GetResultInformation([string]$url) {
  $tempPath = '{0}\rdcman.{1}' -f $Env:TEMP, [Guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N')
  Write-Verbose "Creating temporary path: $tempPath"
  New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $tempPath | Out-Null
  try
  {

    $destZip = "$tempPath\rdcman.zip"
    Get-WebFile $url $destZip | Out-Null
    $checksumType = 'sha256'
    $checksum32 = Get-FileHash -Path $destZip -Algorithm $checksumType | ForEach-Object { $_.Hash.ToLowerInvariant() }
    Write-Verbose "Checksum ($checksumType): $checksum32"

    Write-Verbose "Unzipping $destZip"
    Expand-Archive -Path $destZip -DestinationPath $tempPath
    $destExe = "$tempPath\rdcman.exe"
    $version = Get-Version (Get-Item $destExe | ForEach-Object { $_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion })
    Write-Verbose "Version: $version"
  }
  finally
  {
    Write-Verbose "Removing temporary path: $tempPath"
    Remove-Item -Path $tempPath -Recurse -Force
  }

  return @{
    URL32            = $url
    Version          = if ($version.Version.Revision -eq '0') { $version.ToString(3) } else { $version.ToString() }
    Checksum32       = $checksum32
    ChecksumType32   = $checksumType
  }
}

function global:au_GetLatest {
  Update-OnETagChanged -execUrl $zipUrl `
    -OnEtagChanged { GetResultInformation $zipUrl } `
    -OnUpdated { @{ URL32 = $zipUrl } }
}

update -ChecksumFor none
info
 
tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$installDir = Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName    = 'rdcman'
  url            = 'https://download.sysinternals.com/files/RDCMan.zip'
  checksum       = '33078e697fed8c0f69ef42a1bf5af810e5038160413311f2abaff3d7186d12a5'
  checksumType   = 'sha256'
  unzipLocation  = $installDir
}
Install-ChocolateyZipPackage @packageArgs
tools\RDCMan.exe.gui
 
README.md
# <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/chocolatey-community/chocolatey-packages@cfd84d3d546b3479bb2c5ece367867ba6e495c30/icons/rdcman.png" width="48" height="48"/> [rdcman](https://chocolatey.org/packages/rdcman)

RDCMan manages multiple remote desktop connections. It is useful for managing server labs where you need regular access to each machine such as automated checkin systems and data centers. It is similar to the built-in MMC Remote Desktops snap-in, but more flexible.

Servers are organized into named groups. You can connect or disconnect to all servers in a group with a single command. You can view all the servers in a group as a set of thumbnails, showing live action in each session. Servers can inherit their logon settings from a parent group or a credential store. Thus when you change your lab account password, you only need to change the password stored by RDCMan in one place. Passwords are stored securely by encrypting with either CryptProtectData using the (locally) logged on user's authority or an X509 certificate.

## Notes

Upgrade note: RDG files with version 2.8+ of RDCMan are not compatible with older program versions. Any legacy RDG file opened and saved with this version will be backed up as filename.old

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Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Remote Desktop Connection Manager 2.92.1430 32073 Thursday, January 26, 2023 Approved
Remote Desktop Connection Manager 2.90.1420 8605 Friday, January 28, 2022 Approved
Remote Desktop Connection Manager 2.83.1411 5110 Monday, September 6, 2021 Approved

Starting from 2.8, RDCMan is published by Microsoft as a portable zip package, instead of an MSI installer. As a consequence, no Start Menu icon is created when this package is installed.


This package has no dependencies.

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