LKBEN10733: How to change the listening port for Remote Desktop


Symptom

You want to change the default port for RDP

Cause

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Solution

1) Start Registry Editor

2) Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
    "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber"

3) Type the new port number (in Decimal), and then click OK

4) All done

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About the Author

Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG

Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.

Latest update: 05/10/2020