Script for users end remote session

Question

I have a couple of DB servers that each run a RemoteApp that users launch to access said DB. The problem is that the application itself does not always exit gracefully when the user ends it, which leaves a remote session open and the user is unable to access said app again.

What I am trying to create a script that would terminate any current existing connection to each specific server (i.e. Script A would terminate for RemoteApp A, Script B would terminate for RemoteApp B).

Not sure if it adds an extra complication but the users are all working in a Remote Desktop environment (i.e. user connects to RDS1 or RDS2 and then launch RemoteApps to DB1, DB2 etc. from there).

All servers are running Windows Server 2012 R2.

Answer 1

You could use Taskkill commands to kill a specific process on a specific server running as a specific username (see below).

Kill a process by targeting it based on...

1. the remote server name which it's running
2. the username running the process
3. the process name on the remote server

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Example Command

^{Be sure to set the appropriate values in the <RemoteServerName>, <Username>, and <appname.exe> parts of the taskkill command below accordingly for your environment and needs.}

TASKKILL /S <RemoteServerName> /F /FI "USERNAME eq <Username>" /IM <appname.exe>

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Further Resources

• Taskkill

• Taskkill /?

• /S    system           Specifies the remote system to connect to.
  /FI   filter           Applies a filter to select a set of tasks.
                         Allows "" to be used. ex. imagename eq acme
  /F                     Specifies to forcefully terminate the process(es).
  /IM   imagename        Specifies the image name of the process
                         to be terminated. Wildcard '*' can be used
                         to specify all tasks or image names
  Filters:
    USERNAME      eq, ne              User name in [domain\]user
                                      format