What does Windows error code 7001 (ERROR_CTX_WINSTATION_NAME_INVALID) mean?

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Description: The Remote Desktop session or listener name supplied to the operation is invalid.

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ERROR_CTX_WINSTATION_NAME_INVALID

ERROR_CTX_WINSTATION_NAME_INVALID means the requested Remote Desktop Services session or listener name does not match a valid local session object. The failure can be caused by a typo, using a display label instead of the actual session name, or referring to a session that has already ended.

What to check

List the sessions on the target host and use the exact session ID or session name returned by the server.
For scripted administration, do not reuse a cached ID after a user has signed out or reconnected.
Confirm that the command targets the intended RD Session Host when an RDS deployment contains several hosts.

qwinsta /server:rd-session-host

Microsoft: Remote Desktop Services system error codes

Microsoft: qwinsta / query session

Microsoft: Remote Desktop Services command reference

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