tsinitialprogram.md

TS Initial Program

Location:

• HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services
• HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services
• HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp

Classification:

Criteria	Value
Permissions	Admin; User1
Security context	User
Persistence type	Registry
Code type	EXE
Launch type	User initiated2
Impact	Non-destructive
OS Version	All OS versions
Dependencies	OS only
Toolset	Scriptable

Description:

If the fInheritInitialProgram value is set to 1, the exe indicated in the InitialProgram value is automatically started on RDP connection.

References:

https://twitter.com/JacqBens/status/1560380971777662983

Credits:

@JacqBens

See also:

Remarks:

Footnotes

1. For HKCU ↩

2. Terminal Services connection must be established ↩