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Can you launch Remote Desktop via URL?

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Mar 15, 2026195265 views
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Is it possible to have a URL that launches a remote desktop session? I realize it may be considered a security vulnerability for some, but the convenience would really save me a lot of time. I would like to have a hyperlink like: where clicking on it launches with the target computer filled in (in this case with ). How best to set this up?

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remotedesktop://example.org

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You could use a custom URL protocol handler, but this would mean the URLs only worked on computers where you had set this up. I think you'd also need a program to handle taking the URL as and converting to - although a batch file could probably do this. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767914(v=vs.85).aspx for more information.

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