Situation: The client has a Windows 2012 R2 as RD Sever. When they run QWINSTA.exe to access remote session, they receive “Access denied” message. If they run this command from the console or run as administrator, it works. They would like to know if it is possible to run this command as administrator automatically.
Resolution: yes, if they create a shortcut, they will have an option to run it as administrator. Please refer to this how to: