Starting a rdp connection from the command line to use in scripting (on Windows)

Question

I have an icon on my desktop that points to a remote desktop connection

The link is "test.rdp"

I want to start this from autohotkey in a script.

Any idea on how to start this from the command line?

Answer 1

I suppose you are using Windows. On Windows the remote desktop program is mstsc.exe. You can launch it from command lineby typing mstsc C:/path/test.rdp, where C:/path/test.rdp should be replaced by the actual path to your .rdp file.