# Command Line Logon Screen **URL:** \ **Category:** Toad for Oracle & DevOps Toolkit\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421 "2010-04-13T09:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shahidc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@shahidc](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/shahidc)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/1 "2010-04-13T09:17:15Z")
I want to use a batch-script to open toad and connect to a database. But after toad starts it follows a logon screen – I don’t need it, because the logon information comes from the script. Another Question is the count of toad instancces. If I start the script the second time another toad.exe opens. I would like to have only one instance. I am searching a complete list of parameters for command line syntax. Does anybody know an URL/Link ? ---
**Author:** ![Bert\_Scalzo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/bert_scalzo/32/274_2.png) [@Bert\_Scalzo](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Bert_Scalzo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/2 "2010-04-13T09:17:15Z")
Toad options offers way to not see login screen …. ---
**Author:** ![shahidc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@shahidc](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/shahidc)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/3 "2010-04-13T09:43:06Z")
Yes, I found the option under “StartUp” - thanks. Do you know to use only one instance of Toad ? (no hook under “Allow multiple copies of toad to be loaded” - but it does not work) ---
**Author:** ![HillbillyToad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/hillbillytoad/32/190_2.png) [@HillbillyToad](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/HillbillyToad)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/4 "2010-04-13T09:43:06Z")
Are you using the Automation Designer? Or are you trying to use the command-line? ---
**Author:** ![sbharti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@sbharti](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/sbharti)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/5 "2010-04-13T10:04:04Z")
I am also interested in knowing how to invoke and kill Toad using RUN (Windows) utility. When I work from home I remote connect to my desktop and then start Toad. If some query is running long or say Toad freezes then I want to kill it using Ctl+Alt+Del windows utility. But this shows the processes running on my home laptop (not on remote work desktop) !!! In such situation, I am stuck and wish I could kill this Toat Session from the command prompt. Regards, Shiva. ---
**Author:** ![HillbillyToad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/hillbillytoad/32/190_2.png) [@HillbillyToad](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/HillbillyToad)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/6 "2010-04-13T10:09:39Z")
Don’t kill your Toad, kill your Oracle session. Login to the database, find your Toad session in the Session Browser, and kill/disconnect it. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Anonymous1](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Anonymous1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/7 "2010-04-13T11:22:14Z")
Of course your friendly DBA (or Mordach) has to give you a license to kill. If you see the big red X greyed out in session browser then you don’t have that right. Also sometimes it is necessary to kill the Oracle session because killing Toad or killing SQL\*Plus may not stop certain Oracle processes. ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/1X/e8288ef7bf69daaab6959f752b25ca292478b911.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![HillbillyToad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/hillbillytoad/32/190_2.png) [@HillbillyToad](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/HillbillyToad)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/8 "2010-04-13T11:24:31Z")
You should always be able to kill yourself…but that’s a different story I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Anonymous1](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Anonymous1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/9 "2010-04-13T11:25:55Z")
If you are running the Windows REMOTE DESKTOP then Ctrl-Alt-End is the equivalent of Ctrl-Alt-Del. I use that regularly because once I am finished doing what I need to do I want to reset my computer. I don’t leave it running al the time. So Ctrl-Alt-End brings up the dialogue where I can chose RESTART. There are other key combinations but I have forgotten or never learned them. ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/1X/e8288ef7bf69daaab6959f752b25ca292478b911.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bert\_Scalzo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/bert_scalzo/32/274_2.png) [@Bert\_Scalzo](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Bert_Scalzo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/10 "2010-04-13T11:28:18Z")
Actually Oracle issues an error message when you try to kill your current session – it prevents suicide J ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Anonymous1](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Anonymous1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/11 "2010-04-13T11:33:57Z")
No I can’t. I can kill others but the minute I click on my Toad session the X gets greyed out. If I start another toad session then I can see my evil twin session but I can kill the Oracle process if I find the session in the INACTIVE sessions and choose the appropriate SID. But the Toad session is not killed and when I click back on the old session it resurrects itself and is there. So NO, you can’t kill yourself. ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/1X/e8288ef7bf69daaab6959f752b25ca292478b911.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![HillbillyToad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/hillbillytoad/32/190_2.png) [@HillbillyToad](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/HillbillyToad)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/12 "2010-04-13T11:38:21Z")
Right I meant you should be able to kill sessions that belong to you, not actually kill the active session via same active session And by should, I mean that’s would be a reasonable request for just about any development env I can imagine…unless of course it’s the type where your app uses only one session any/all work, but you get the idea I hope ---
**Author:** ![sbharti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@sbharti](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/sbharti)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/13 "2010-04-13T12:31:42Z")
Well … the problem is somehow my whole window freezes. I do not get an opportunity to login to database and find out the Oracle Session. At this point of time I look for Ctl+Alt+Del assuming I can kill that Toad Process. This defenitely does not work. So what are my alternatives ? 1. Wait till that Toad+Oracle activity is complete. 2. Hope that you can invoke RUN command and then Kill the TOAD process. Is Option 2 doable in my scenario ? ---
**Author:** ![sbharti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@sbharti](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/sbharti)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/14 "2010-04-13T12:43:49Z")
Erwin … I tried to login to my Desktop from my friends terminal ( via Remote Desktop utility ) and use Ctl+Alt+End but it did not do anything. I have Windows XP on my office m/c. But thanks for this info. I will try it from my home and see if it works. ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/15 "2010-04-13T13:12:30Z")
look for pskill.exe on [www.sysinternals.com](http://www.sysinternals.com), a microsoft site. it has lots more free system utilities that are not available in standard installation. for example… c:\pslist pslist v1.28 - Sysinternals PsList Copyright ⌐ 2000-2004 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals Process information for : c:\pskill PsKill v1.13 - Terminates processes on local or remote systems Copyright © 1999-2009 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - [www.sysinternals.com](http://www.sysinternals.com) Usage: pskill [-t] [\computer [-u username [-p password]]] -t Kill the process and its descendants. -u Specifies optional user name for login to remote computer. -p Specifies optional password for user name. If you omit this you will be prompted to enter a hidden password. Saurabh ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Anonymous1](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Anonymous1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/16 "2010-04-13T13:22:39Z")
Here is a screenshot of the HELP from REMOTE-DESKTOP ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/1X/e8288ef7bf69daaab6959f752b25ca292478b911.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Anonymous1](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Anonymous1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/17 "2010-04-13T13:22:39Z")
Here is a screenshot of the HELP from REMOTE-DESKTOP ![image001.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/d/debd8b068b617c576dedbd2129b8f8642981d4d6.png) ---
**Author:** ![HillbillyToad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/hillbillytoad/32/190_2.png) [@HillbillyToad](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/HillbillyToad)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/18 "2010-04-13T14:55:28Z")
If you’re remote desktop-ing into your windows session with Toad running, why aren’t you just hitting the “Cancel” button in Toad to terminate your transaction? ![image001.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/d/debd8b068b617c576dedbd2129b8f8642981d4d6.png) ---
**Author:** ![shahidc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@shahidc](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/shahidc)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/19 "2010-04-14T01:16:51Z")
I am using a command-line. Like this: TOAD.exe -c -max aaa/xxx@yyyy I am sure there a more parameter as the TOAD Help describes. btw. I am using Version 9.1.\* ---
**Author:** ![vina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/df788c/32.png) [@vina](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/vina)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/command-line-logon-screen/9421/20 "2012-08-06T19:33:10Z")
Hi Could u tell me what option to use to prevent the prompts? Thanks i advance