Important
I strongly advise to create backup copies of your .rts file(s) before you proceed and use any newer version of Royal TS. If you are forced to downgrade to one of our previous version, you might experience compatibility issues with .rts file(s) saved with a newer version of Royal TS (depending on your encryption preferences).
Software Requirements:
Please visit: http://www.code4ward.net/main/RoyalTS/Download/SystemRequirements.aspx
Version History
Version 1.6.8 [2009-12-03]
NEW: Eventlog entries now contain all information from activity log
NEW: Display option to specify on which screen the remote session should be opened
NEW: Connect with Options now offers to override on which screen the remote session should be opened
NEW: ApplicationSettingsData “LegacyTreeStyle” if true an XP style tree is rendered
NEW: ApplicationSettingsData offers now a setting to configure the treeview and listview font name/size
NEW: ApplicationSettingsData has a new setting “TreeViewHighlightType” allowing following values: Full, Partial, TextOnly and None
NEW: RTSApp.exe.config offers now a way to tweak the scrolling speed in the tree view. Look for TreeViewMouseWheelSpeed. Default is 1. When changing to 10 or higher to speed up mouse wheel scrolling.
NEW: If a connection cannot be established because of required NLA on the server, Royal TS now tries to connect again using NLA
NEW: Connect and reconnect progress indicator
NEW: Connection list shows number of visible items in the selection header
NEW: A toolbar command in the Activity Log window to open the config folder
NEW: Office 2010 Themes
FIXED: TS gateway credentials are now remembered (for setting ‘Ask me later’)
FIXED: ClearType font smoothing in tree view was always on. Now respects the system settings.
FIXED: ClearType font smoothing of ProfessionalSystem and ProfessionalOffice2003 theme also respects the system settings.
FIXED: Bulk reconnect from the list is working again
FIXED: DEL key while renaming a tree item wanted to delete the item instead of the character
FIXED: Redirection of individual disk drives is now working in Windows 7 RTM
FIXED: Single Sign On is now working when system policies are configured correctly. To get SSO leave all credential information empty and enable NLA from advanced settings.
FIXED: Smart Reconnect on Full-Screen windows and Change to Full-Screen was unstable, so the feature was removed as it isn’t making much sense.
FIXED: Session list sometimes displayed wrong data
Version 1.6.7 [2009-06-21]
NEW: Theme aware tree view with drag and drop support for reordering, moving and duplicating connections
NEW: Tree selection highlight is clearer when the tree doesn’t have the focus
NEW: Minor UI changes (icons, external window has now a different icon as the main application)
NEW: Keyboard shortcuts for Application Log (CTRL+L), Grab Keyboard Input (CTRL+G) and rename tree nodes and list items without opening the properties (F2)
FIXED: Keyboard and tree view focus problems
FIXED: Window dimensions and position of external full screen window wasn’t saved
FIXED: Post disconnect tasks didn’t fire up when session was disconnected from inside (logoff)
FIXED: Restoring main window after it was minimized caused flickering
FIXED: Gateway credentials are now set correctly
FIXED: Application log export issues resolved
FIXED: “Connect” and “Disconnect” log action for better filtering
Version 1.6.6 [2009-04-20]
FIXED: Connections created with “Quick Add” got the same connection ID when an existing connection was used as template (Set as Default)
FIXED: Sleep mode was not working as soon as a connection was established
FIXED: Disk redirection dialog is now working correctly
FIXED: Disk redirection of individual disks is now working correctly
FIXED: Terminal Services Gateway configurations are now working correctly (you may review and adapt your configuration when you upgrade your .rts file from an earlier version)
FIXED: Removed the “requireAdministrator” flag from the manifest. UAC dialog doesn’t show up now. If you want to use Royal TS administrative functions (Tasks, Reset Session, etc.) you should start Royal TS as Administrator to avoid any issues
FIXED: License dialog handling
FIXED: Event log handling: if Royal TS runs without admin rights, a warning is logged that the event log “Royal TS” cannot be created. In this case, logging to the event log will not work.
FIXED: Application log, copy to clipboard copies now plain text and HTML encoded text to make posting in the forums easier
FIXED: In case a crash happens on application startup, an error message is displayed
FIXED: External window positioning issues
Version 1.6.5 [2009-03-31]
NEW: Browse button in the task details dialog
NEW: Bulk connect and bulk disconnect using the list or a folder in the tree
NEW: Network level authentication (EnableCredSSP) in the advanced tab
NEW: Clipboard sharing in the advanced tab
NEW: Authentication level in the advanced tab
NEW: Full terminal server gateway configuration in the advanced tab
NEW: Redirect audio capture (Windows 7 required) in the advanced tab
NEW: Configuration of disk drives for redirection in the advanced tab
NEW: Redirect DirectX (Windows 7 required) in the advanced tab
NEW: Custom fields and notes
NEW: Pre-Connect and Post-Disconnect tasks
NEW: Read Session Info setting can be overruled per connection
NEW: Send message and reset session can now be executed on multiple entries at once
NEW: Windowless Fullscreen Mode
NEW: “Change” menu lets you change the window mode, smart sizing and smart reconnect while connected
NEW: New “Connect with Options” allows you to temporary override some of the connection settings (like window mode, auto logon and console)
NEW: A “Reconnect” button
NEW: New logging capabilities (adjustable logging level, additional logging to event log), redesigned “Application Log” window
NEW: UI can now be themed
NEW: New document data structure allows to have multiple connections or folders with the same name
NEW: Dashboard icon in toolbar
FIXED: Column widths from document list is now persisted
FIXED: Minor UI changes (new icons, streamlining UI)
FIXED: Prompt for saving changes doesn’t show up when just some folders were expanded/collapsed
FIXED: File gets now opened after the license key was entered correctly
FIXED: Form position after window state changes (minimize to systray for example) is now saved correctly
Version 1.6.0 [2009-01-03]
NEW: Tasks to execute on one or more connections with the possibility to dynamically pass connection properties to the command line.
NEW: Duplicate menu item to copy an existing connection
NEW: Additional field “Physical Address” to store a MAC address.
NEW: Changed the filter UI to use check-buttons instead of the dropdown list.
NEW: 32 bit color depth in the display properties.
NEW: Advanced settings: Desktop Composition (Aero) and Font Smoothing added.
NEW: Force Disconnect menu item “kills” stuck connections.
NEW: Grab Keyboard Input menu and toolbar item to reset the focus to the remote session in case the focus is lost (for example after clicking the splitter).
NEW: Log can now be cleared and saved.
NEW: Menu item “Show Selection in Window Title” to enable/disable the current selection text in the window title
NEW: Added application setting 'ApplicationSettings_DisableFormVisibilityCheck’. Let’s you span the Royal TS main window across two or more screens.
NEW: Added application setting ‘ApplicationSettings_HandleDisplayChangedEvent’. Some graphics adapter drivers are causing problems when putting displays to sleep.
FIXED: Minor UI issues.
FIXED: Document close command now cleans up all connections.
FIXED: Royal TS installer now updated the previous version. No more uninstall of the previous version is necessary.
Change of License: Royal TS is now Shareware! As promised a free version will be provided for small environments or home usage as long as you don’t have more than 10 connections in your .rts file(s).
If you use Royal TS professionally and need to handle more than 10 connections in your .rts file(s) you need to obtain a license code. Read the license agreement for more information.
Version 1.5.1 [2008-09-08]
NEW: When using a Terminal Services Gateway, the connection bar will be displayed on the remote desktop session.
NEW: Provided keyboard shortcuts allowing you to quickly connect to sessions.
FIXED: Passwords with special characters are now stored correctly.
FIXED: Session IDs are now sorted correctly.
FIXED: Enter key in the connection list will no select the connection.
FIXED: Minor UI issues.
Version 1.5.0 [2008-06-15]
NEW: Document protection: optional strong encryption for passwords or the whole file with a master password
NEW: Document protection: for read only access to the file by providing an additional password
NEW: All UI updated (Yes, the Burger is gone!)
NEW: Connection Property: Background Input to control whether the mouse will be recognized in the remote session when Royal TS isn’t the active application (Default Value is “true”).
NEW: Connection Property: Auto Reconnect to control whether Royal TS tries to reconnect in case the connection is lost (Default Value is “false” because some Windows XP SP3 users are reporting issues when enabled)
NEW: Experimental Support for TS Gateway Server
NEW: Minimize all windows to Systray option in the Tools->Options dialog
NEW: Prompt password when Royal TS was minimized
NEW: External windows are now remembering the position and screen for each connection
NEW: Connect with different Credentials to bypass autologon enabled connections
NEW: Show selected connection in the title bar
NEW: Sorting of the session information list now possible
NEW: Ability to disable RDC version warning in RTSApp.exe.config file (ShowVersionWarning)
NEW: Ability to load Terminal Services Plug-Ins in RTSApp.exe.config file (Section: ApplicationSettings_PlugInDLLs)
FIXED: External window size was incorrect on systems with large fonts enabled
FIXED: Set as Default command was always disabled
FIXED: Resize event wasn’t fired after a tree node selection
FIXED: Bulk-Remove command was not available in list
FIXED: Move Up/Down buttons are now properly enabled/disabled again
FIXED: Tree and list gets refreshed after a connection was modified/added
FIXED: You cannot create a host containing blanks only
Version 1.4.4 [2008-03-05]
FIXED: Default values were not applied using quick-add function
FIXED: Window position on multi-monitor systems was not remembered
FIXED: Edit button was not enabled when a folder or the document node was selected
FIXED: Window size was growing every time Royal TS was started not maximized (on large font systems)
FIXED: Splitter position when viewing the Info Page was not remembered
Version 1.4.3 [2008-01-10]
NEW: Vista SP1 / XP SP3 Support
FIXED: Default values were not shown creating new connections and doing bulk-edits
FIXED: No more editing of connected sessions possible
FIXED: Maximum supported screen size (4096x2048) is now possible
Version 1.4.2 [2007-10-20]
NEW: Complete new user configuration handling
NEW: The selection label from previous versions is available again
NEW: Ability to disable the prompt when closing Royal TS and sessions are still active
FIXED: Scroll position of the tree was lost when connecting to a session
FIXED: External window connections were not cleaned up appropriately and caused high CPU load
Version 1.4.1 [2007-09-28]
NEW: Add a new connection directly from the toolbar with default settings
NEW: Some additional logging
NEW: Read Me file to the setup with the release notes
FIXED: Getting session information failed on some machines
FIXED: Window positioning on multi monitor setups
FIXED: Setting invalid splitter position crashed Royal TS on start up
Version 1.4 [2007-09-24]
NEW: Built on .NET 2.0 and only native windows .NET framework controls are used
NEW: Connection list when selecting a folder or the document
NEW: Real-Time search and filter functionality when browsing connection lists
NEW: Bulk-Edit mode
NEW: Send messages to remote session
NEW: Reset remote session
NEW: Sorting
NEW: Easily set the configuration of a connection as default
NEW: Some (very) basic logging
FIXED: No more duplicate names are possible
Version 1.3.2 [2006-04-19]
FIXED: Occasional crashes when disconnecting a session
NEW: Context menu item to connect to the console session
Version 1.3.1 [2005-07-27]
FIXED: A minor bug on closing connections raises an unhandled exception; sometimes.
I was not able to reproduce this bug but I got bug reports and screen shots. Anyway, Dave Wilson published a code snippet which resolved the problem at least on his machine. So this is somehow an "experimental" release.
Version 1.3 [2005-06-25]
NEW: Context menu item to disconnect a session
NEW: Extended options for proxy server configuration, which is used to check for updates
NEW: Extended connection properties to control audio redirection
NEW: Extended connection properties to control wallpaper and theme transmission
FIXED: A minor bug in the options dialog which prevented the smart size checkbox from saving to the configuration file
FIXED: CTRL-ALT-END now displays the remote session's security dialog
FIXED: Memory leak bug. When closing an embedded connection, the ActiveX control is now released.
Version 1.2
NEW: Command line option to start a specific connection on startup
/connect:"Connection Name"
NEW: Implemented multithreading which makes the GUI responsive even if you
try to get session info over a slow connection
NEW: Items in Help menu: Link to Homepage, Contact, Donation
NEW: Check for new version feature.
FIXED: Some minor changes to the GUI and some usability improvements:
Added View menu to show/hide the toolbar, the selection label and the tabs
FIXED: Editing a connection is now only possible if it's not connected
FIXED: While editing a connection Enter and Esc keys are now recognized
FIXED: The unhandled exception bug when rebooting the remote machine fixed
Version 1.1
NEW: Now you can double click on a connection to start a session
NEW: Category-state (expanded or collapsed) are now stored in the .rts file
FIXED: Some minor changes to the GUI and some usability improvements:
Visual bugs when running the application in large font mode, enhanced keyboard control, ...
FIXED: If you cancel a session before you logon no error appears
Version 1.0
First public release