Why does RDCMan crash immediately upon opening?
RDCMan crashes straight to the desktop or hangs in the task manager without loading servers, persisting even after a complete operating system reinstall. This prevents users from accessing their remote servers.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Uninstalling and reinstalling the applicationDid this help you?
- 2Running from the standalone executableDid this help you?
- 3Running the .NET Repair toolDid this help you?
- 4Rolling back recent updatesDid this help you?
- 5Wiping partitions and performing a full clean reinstallation of the operating systemDid this help you?
- 6Reinstalling the applicationDid this help you?
- 7rollback the onedrive version to 26.139.0720.0007Did this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I have used RDCMan on this computer (Windows 11 Pro, 25H2, OS Build 26200.9445) for accessing servers remotely for the last couple of months. One day a couple of weeks ago I came in and RDCMan crashes to the desktop. Opens, doesn't show any servers, crashes back to the desktop.”source ↗
“What am I missing here? Is there something wrong with RDCMan? I would have thought a fresh install would have fixed any .NET errors. Is anyone else seeing this?”source ↗
“We quickly noticed that RDP was stopping working and the onedrive GUI would not pop up when right clicking the icon in the system tray.”source ↗
“Any newer version than this does not work if we attempt to open the exe (this opens a little icon window in the middle of the screen with an "x" to close it) or right click and sign in from the system tray.”source ↗
“comenzo a fallar y ahora ni siquiera abre, solo se ejecuta en el administrador de tareas, alguien puede ayudarme a solucionarlo? Ya lo reinstale, y probe varias formas pero no funciona.”source ↗
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