Save your connection settings to a file

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To save your connection settings to a file

Open Remote Desktop Connection.
Click Options.
Specify the connection settings that you want for this connection, (such as screen size, automatic logon information, and performance options).
On the General tab, click Save As.
Enter a file name for the saved connection file, and then click Save.

Notes

To open Remote Desktop Connection, click Start, point to Programs or All Programs, point to Accessories, point to Communications, and then click Remote Desktop Connection.
Connections are saved as Remote Desktop protocol (.rdp) files. An .rdp file contains all of the information for a connection to a terminal server, including the Options settings that were configured when the file was saved. You can customize any number of .rdp files, including files for connecting to the same server with different settings. For example, you can save a file that connects to MyServer in full screen mode and another file that connects to the same computer in 800×600 screen size. The default connection file, Default.rdp, is stored as a hidden file in My Documents. Connection files that you create are also stored in My Documents, but they are not hidden. To edit an .rdp file and change the connections settings it contains, right-click the file and then click Edit.
For more information about specifying connection settings, see Change Connection Settings.

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