[Fixed] The remote session was disconnected because license store creation failed with access denied. Please run remote desktop client with elevated privileges

Here we will discuss how to resolve the issue “The remote session was disconnected because license store creation failed with access denied. Please run remote desktop client with elevated privileges” which comes when trying to connect to remote server.

The issue may come in Windows 8.1, Windows 7 or Windows 8 also. The remote session was disconnected error can also come in windows server 2012 or windows server 2012 r2 machines.

The error appears like below:

The solution for the remote session was disconnected because license store creation failed with access denied

We can resolve the remote session was disconnected error by modifying in the Registry by following below steps.

Then we need to configure permissions for MSLicensing registry key. To do so navigate to the below path and select MSLicensing:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSLicensing

the remote session was disconnected because license store creation failed with access denied — The remote session was disconnected because license store creation failed with access denied

Right-click on the Selected key and Click on the Permission option of MSLicensing key

Please run remote desktop client with elevated privileges

Then click on Add and in the Select Users or Groups dialog box click Locations. Then Select users and Administrator also “All Application Packages” and assign Full Control permission for all of above users and click APPLY and ok.

the remote session was disconnected because of an error in the licensing protocol

The remote session was disconnected because license store creation failed with access denied

Then try to log in using mstsc (Remote Desktop Connection) it will log in to the server easily. The error “The remote session was disconnected because license store creation failed with access denied. Please run remote desktop client with elevated privileges” will not appear. Hope this will be helpful.