MSG.exe

Send a pop-up message to a Terminal Server user.

Syntax
      MSG username [options] [message]

      MSG sessionname [options] [message]

      MSG sessionid   [options] [message]

      MSG  @filename [options] [message]

      MSG * [options] [message]

Options

   username            The user to send to, * will send to all sessions on the machine.

   /SERVER:servername  The server to contact (default is current).

   /TIME:seconds       Time delay to wait for receiver to acknowledge msg.

   /V                  Verbose, display extra information.

   /W                  Wait for response from user, useful with /V.

   message             The message text to send, some special characters may
                       have to be escaped.

Msg is most commonly used to send Terminal Server/Citrix shutdown messages.
The 'Home' editions of Windows don’t include MSG.

Special characters: dash (-) forward slash (/) and quote marks (") can be escaped with a backslash (undocumented)

If no message text to send is specified, MSG will prompt for it (also reads from stdin)
@filename identifies a file containing a list of usernames, sessionnames or sessionids to send the message to.

Examples

C:\> msg user64 "The system will shutdown at 10pm"

C:\> msg * "The \"ACME\" system is currently down."

# And these children that you spit on, As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations, they're quite aware of what they're going through # - David Bowie

Related commands

ECHO - Display message on screen.
TYPE - Display the contents of a text file.
Equivalent PowerShell:
PS C:> [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")
PS C:> [Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::show("Hello World", "My PopUp Message Box")

Equivalent bash command (Linux): echo - Display message on screen.


 
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