I use RD Tabs a lot and love it! I end having to maintain .rdp files as well so they can be emailed to non-rd tabs users..I'm wondering if it's feasible to look into RD Tabs exporting into RDP files. It's my understanding that the passwords are encrypted but it might be possible to export those as well:

http://remkoweijnen.nl/b...passwords-are-encrypted/ 

Thanks!
-Jim

I plan to add export-to-RDP at some point, however I can't say if it will support passwords. Additionally, it should be noted that even if you have passwords encrypted in an RDP file, it will only work with the same user on the same machine. If you email the RDP, the decryption key won't exist on the new machine and you will not be able to retrieve the encrypted password.

Not true (i.e. same user on the same machine). This can be done in 2 steps. If you are interested, read on ...

In the "RD Tabs Options" (F3) ==> "Favorites" section, if you turn on the "Allow passwords to be saved" feature on each system BEFORE you "Export" or "Import" Favorites, your passwords can be transported from machine to machine without losing your user name/password credentials. However, be careful, because it only overwrites duplicate favorites from the same exact tree location when restoring, and only if you tell it to.

The problem I have with this feature is, I have 5 or 6 machines that I must synchronize on a regularly basis using this feature. To prepare, the 1st thing I do is delete the entire "Favorites" tree before restoring the latest set of credentials. Eveything looks good, but the same "glitch" I saw mentioned elsewhere on this site. What happens is that, instead of deleting the tree AND ALL of the entries within each branch, the program just deletes the tree. Then it sees the contents and assumes that the remaining entries belong to a "corrupted/lost tree" and just stores them in the "root" of the Favorites folder. So, I always just go back in, reselect all the "loose" utems and delete them a 2nd time before I start the "Iimport" process.

Now, I thought I would mention a very nice and useful feature that you can use to transport system level "Stored Credentials" (i.e. RDP passwords and such) from 1 system to another (or session-to-session). It's a little known trick for transporting "user name/password" combinations, saved through various mechanisms at the Operating System level (i.e. RDP passwords and such).

This feature works in XP/Vista and above, but since I no longer use XP, or have immediate access to it, I can only tell you the method in Vista. However, I know this can be found in XP/2003 in basically the same place (i.e. Control Panel ==> User Accounts). The steps are similar. Read on ...

To save your passwords (so you can load them onto another session or machine) do this (Vista method):

1. Open the Control Panel Applet
2. Click User Accounts
3. If not using the "Classic View" (lazy) then click "User Accounts" again (the words)
3. In the left-hand side panel, click "Manage your Network Passwords"
4. A "Stored User Names and Passwords" window will appear.
5. Use "Add", "Remove" or "Edit" to modify the passwords you need.

Note: Passwords you have already stored via the MSRDP client will already appear here in the existing list

6. Once you have finished making your modifications, click "Back up..."
7. In the "Back up to:" dialog box, enter the path and file name or click "Browse" to do it graphically.
8. Once you have idenfied the location and file name to store your credentials to, Click "Next"
10. Hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE, as instructed to continue.
11. Enter a password and confirm it (by reentering)

Note: A password is required, so write it down

12. Part 1 is complete (i.e. UR Done!)

Note: You will overwrite all passwords stored in the saved file, so back it up.

To restore your previously saved passwords onto the same or other session or machine, do this (again, the is the Vista method):

1. Follow steps 1-4 from the previous procedure.
2. Select "Restore..."
3. Navigate to a previously saved set of credentials (from above)
4. Select the file you want to use (again from above)
5. Click "Next"
6. Hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE, as instructed to continue.
7. Enter the password used from the previous procedure and press OK.
8. The restoration process is complete

Note: This will NOT overwrite all passwords restored from the saved file, only ones the are already present, so delete any passwords you no longer need before restoring.

Try it, you'll like it!

That's a great tip!

Regarding the orphaned favorites after deleting a favorite folder tree, can you give me a detailed step by step guide on how to replicate the issue? Please include the steps where you create the favorites (like, create folder 1, then create a sub folder, then create a favorite there, etc...). I could have sworn I fixed that bug a long time ago, but I may have missed something and I'm interested in fixing it.