mRemoteNG Install and Basic Setup - Tabbed Multi-Protocol Remote Connections 🌱

mRemoteNG is a fork of mRemote: an open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager for Windows. mRemoteNG creates a tabbed interface for RDP, VNC, SSH and many other connection protocols. 

Installing mRemoteNG

  1. Download mRemoteNG Download
  2. Install mRemoteNG
  3. Launch mRemoteNG
  4. Hover over the Connections tab > Click the New Connection icon
  5. Give the connection a name
  6. With the new connection highlighted, click the Config tab
  7. Enter the Hostname/IP, set the Protocol and change any other settings as necessary
  8. Test the newly created connection to see if any changes are required

Enable Dark Theme (Optional)

  1. Click Tools > Options
  2. Select Theme
  3. Select vs2015dark from the Themes dropdown > Click OK

Adding Useful External Tools (Optional)

  1. Click Tools > External Tools
  2. Click the New Button at the top left
  3. Set the following values to add the ability to quickly ping a host

    Display Name: Ping
    Filename: %windir%\system32\ping.exe
    Arguments: %hostname% -t

  4. Set the following values to add the ability to quickly restart a Windows based host

    Display Name: Restart
    Filename: %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe
    Arguments: /f /r /m \\%hostname%

  5. Set the following values to add the ability to quickly shutdown a Windows based host

    Display Name: Shutdown
    Filename: %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe
    Arguments: /f /s /m \\%hostname%