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Mark Henderson
Asked: 2012-08-16 16:36:39 +0800 CST

What does shadow /V actually do?

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According to shadow:

C:\Users\mark.henderson>shadow /?
Monitor another Remote Desktop Services session.

SHADOW {sessionname | sessionid} [/SERVER:servername] [/V]

  sessionname         Identifies the session with name sessionname.
  sessionid           Identifies the session with ID sessionid.
  /SERVER:servername  The server containing the session (default is current).
  /V                  Display information about actions being performed.

/V is meant to Display information about actions being performed. But for the life of me, I cannot get this flag to do anything. Technet is no more helpful than the above text; and neither is google.

Performing, say shadow 3 /server:myts1.example.com /V just shadows the account normally.

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  1. Best Answer

    The description seems a bit off.

    The correct command is:

    shadow /V [n]

    Where [n] is actually a session number.

    shadow /V 1

    The above would remotely connect you to a session 1. The session number can be found under the User tabs from Task Manager.

    A prompt would appear on the session and request the user to either accept or decline the remote control.

    Remote control request

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