SessionProtocolInfo – Display Information About a Session’s Remoting Protocol (ICA/RDP)
SessionProtocolInfo is a command line tool that returns information about the remoting protocol used in a Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop or Microsoft RDS session.
These are the main facts:
- Displays the remoting protocol type: Console, ICA/HDX or RDP
- SessionProtocolInfo works on any version of Windows with and without Citrix software installed
- SessionProtocolInfo is freeware
What Does it Do?
SessionProtocolInfo retrieves the current session’s remoting protocol. Depending on the protocol found it prints:
- Console
- ICA
- RDP
It also returns the protocol as a return value that can be queried in batch files with %ERRORLEVEL%:
- 0 for console sessions
- 1 for ICA sessions
- 2 for RDP sessions
When to Use
SessionProtocolInfo is useful when you need to find out whether a session is currently being remoted via ICA/HDX/RDP or displayed locally.
Syntax and Examples
Simply run SessionProtocolInfo without parameters.
License
SessionProtocolInfo is freeware.
Changelog
Version 1.0
- Initial version
System Requirements
SessionProtocolInfo runs on any version of Windows beginning with XP / Server 2003, with and without Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop installed. It has been tested with:
- Windows 7
- Windows 8.1
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Citrix XenApp 6.5
- Citrix XenApp 7.1
- Citrix XenDesktop 5.6
- Citrix XenDesktop 7.5
Although SessionProtocolInfo comes as a 32-bit binary it works on 32-bit and 64-bit machines.