I need to get this server window back to how it used to be(with the start menu and stuff.Ĭan someone please help me get over this debacle? All i need is to be able to call the run prompt or task manager somehow so that I can restart explorer.exe. Posting the question here since i dont have enough reputation on serverfault to post images. I feel this is a similar problem to what I am currently facing. I tried all approaches specified in this link.But to no avail. In attempts to fix this, I followed the approach given here Hence i'm trying to restart explorer.exe on my remote server. I believe now from the looks of it that explorer.exe has been closed. This is how my server's RDP window looks now:. They are just regular domain users and can launch their apps no problem but trying to launch taskmanager they get a credential prompt. It is a DC and users are logging in remotely via their Windows RD Client. Reset your Windows 10 local account password. Under Password, select the Change button and follow the steps. Select Start > Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options. There were many windows on SSMS and BIDS open at the moment and i was executing some SQL queries and monitoring some job's status on this server. The Remote Desktop Services WMI provider provides programmatic access to the information and settings that are exposed by the Remote Desktop Services Configuration/Connections Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in. To Summarize: Server 2016 single cloud server configured with RDS etc. If you already know your current password and want to change it. I was working on one of our production servers.

Get task manager on remote desktop