Windows 10 handles AllowRemoteRPC tweak differently

Question

_{Wednesday, August 24, 2016 5:24 PM}

I have been using the following tweak on all my windows boxes for years

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\AllowRemoteRPC 1

This makes the machines handle logins slightly different and allows me to do things like remotely invoke a log off command from Microsofts own RDCmanager

I have just noticed that this no longer works on windows 10 and give the following error. "unable to enumerate remote sessions"

This is the same error that you get when you do not make the registry tweak.

Something to note, when i type "query session"

On the windows 10 machine under type it is empty while on the older versions of windows it lists it as a type of "rdpwd"

All replies (3)

_{Thursday, September 1, 2016 9:43 AM ✅Answered}

Hi ,

According to my research, this registry setting is applied to Windows Server 2008 R2. I have not found any Microsoft documents indicates that it is applied to Windows 10.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff710472(v=ws.10).aspx

For Windows 10 error "unable to enumerate remote sessions". please run RDCman application as administrator to have a try and check if there is any error message recorded in Event View when this issue occurred.

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_{Friday, August 26, 2016 9:34 AM}

Hi ,

What is your exact main issue?
Based on your description, I understand that it is related to remotely logon using Remote Desktop Connection Manager.

Please uninstall it and reinstall the last version of Remote Desktop Connection Manager from Microsoft to have a try. And for "unable to enumerate remote sessions" error, I found a similar case that might be helpful, it indicates that we must run the application with administrator permission on the remote machine. Please try it.

Remote Desktop Manager - "Unable to enumerate remote sessions"
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/222e7585-7389-41e7-ad5a-5307048fdbf0/remote-desktop-manager-unable-to-enumerate-remote-sessions?forum=winserverTS

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_{Friday, August 26, 2016 1:09 PM}

Sorry to make myself unclear. I am using the latest version of RDCman.

My issue is on windows 10 i receive the "unable to enumerate remote sessions" trying to logoff from the menu.

I receive this issue on windows 7/8/8.1 if i have not modified the registry AllowRemoteRPC. 

I want this to also work on win 10. I am unsure what or why this is not working on win 10 even though it receives the exact policies.