{"id":770,"date":"2017-11-06T12:30:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T10:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asenger.de\/blog\/?p=770"},"modified":"2022-10-13T15:57:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T13:57:26","slug":"how-to-run-tsadmin-msc-and-tsconfig-msc-snap-ins-on-windows-server-20122016-rds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asenger.de\/blog\/how-to-run-tsadmin-msc-and-tsconfig-msc-snap-ins-on-windows-server-20122016-rds\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Run TSADMIN.msc and TSCONFIG.msc Snap-Ins on Windows Server 2012\/2016 RDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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07:31:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-11 07:31:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Quelle:&nbsp;http:\/\/woshub.com\/how-to-run-tsadmin-msc-and-tsconfig-msc-snap-ins-on-windows-server-2012-rds\/<\/p>\n<p>Many administrators of Windows terminal servers might have noticed that starting from Windows Server 2012, the management snap-ins&nbsp;<strong>tsadmin.msc<\/strong>&nbsp;(Remote Desktop Services Manager) and&nbsp;<strong>tsconfig.msc<\/strong>&nbsp;(Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration) disappeared from RDS servers. MS developers have decided that the majority of RDS server settings could be managed using Server Manager or group policy editor console (gpedit.msc), but the old snap-ins are more convenient and familiar.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see how to get tsadmin.msc and tsconfig.msc snap-ins back to RDS servers running &nbsp;Windows Server 2012\/ R2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/woshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tsadmin_msc_windows2012r2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2390\" src=\"http:\/\/woshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tsadmin_msc_windows2012r2.jpg\" alt=\"Get back tsadmin.msc on Windows 2012 r2 RDS\" width=\"600\" height=\"275\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To do it, you have to copy 7 files and registry keys from any server running&nbsp;<strong>Windows Server 2008 R2<\/strong>&nbsp;to the same directory C:\\Windows\\System32 on Windows 2012 Server.&nbsp; Copy the following 7 files:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>c:\\windows\\system32\\tsadmin.dll<\/li>\n<li>c:\\windows\\system32\\tsconfig.dll<\/li>\n<li>c:\\windows\\system32\\wts.dll<\/li>\n<li>c:\\windows\\system32\\tsconfig.msc<\/li>\n<li>c:\\windows\\system32\\tsadmin.msc<\/li>\n<li>c:\\windows\\system32\\en\\tsconfig.resources.dll<\/li>\n<li>c:\\windows\\system32\\en\\tsadmin.resources.dll<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/woshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tsadmin_dll_windows2008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2389\" src=\"http:\/\/woshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tsadmin_dll_windows2008.jpg\" alt=\"tsadmin.dll from Windows 2008 r2 server\" width=\"567\" height=\"386\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then on Windows Server 2008 R2 by using regedit.exe you have to export two registry &nbsp;branches to the *.reg files.<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\MMC\\SnapIns\\FX:{80aaa290-abd9-9239-7a2d-cf4f67e42128}]<\/li>\n<li>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\MMC\\SnapIns\\FX:{3FCE72B6-A31B-43ac-ADDA-120E1E56EB0F}]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And import these *.reg files to Windows Server 2012 registry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/woshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/import_registry_files.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2393\" src=\"http:\/\/woshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/import_registry_files.jpg\" alt=\"import registry files\" width=\"591\" height=\"267\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"alert-message info\">\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>. If you don\u2019t have a deployed copy of Windows Server 2008 R2 at hand, you can download the archive with the necessary files from our website.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The set of files for the&nbsp;English&nbsp;version of Windows Server \u2014&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/woshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bin\/tsadmin_msc_win2012.zip\">tsadmin_msc_win2012.zip<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then try to start the necessary snap-in using commands<strong>&nbsp;tsadmin.msc<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/woshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tsadmins_msc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2391\" src=\"http:\/\/woshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tsadmins_msc.jpg\" alt=\"tsadmin.msc\" width=\"642\" height=\"453\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>or&nbsp;<strong>tsconfig.msc<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/woshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tsconfig_msc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2392\" src=\"http:\/\/woshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tsconfig_msc.jpg\" alt=\"tsconfig.msc\" width=\"648\" height=\"566\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"alert-message info\">\n<p><b>Note<\/b>. Naturally, this solution is not supported by Microsoft and you can use it at your own risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It should be noted that using tsadmin.msc console you won\u2019t be able to connect to the terminal user session (error: Access is denied). It is possible to connect to an RDS session using the scenarios described in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/woshub.com\/rds-shadow-how-to-connect-to-a-user-session-in-windows-server-2012-r2\/\">RDS Shadowing on Windows Server 2012 R2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quelle:&nbsp;http:\/\/woshub.com\/how-to-run-tsadmin-msc-and-tsconfig-msc-snap-ins-on-windows-server-2012-rds\/ Many administrators of Windows terminal servers might have noticed that starting from Windows Server 2012, the management snap-ins&nbsp;tsadmin.msc&nbsp;(Remote Desktop Services Manager) and&nbsp;tsconfig.msc&nbsp;(Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration) disappeared from RDS servers. 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