LKBEN10731: Special Remote Desktop key combinations
LKB | Created: 02/04/2020 | Version: 1 | Language: EN | Rating: 0 | Outdated: False | Marked for deletion: False
Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Latest update: 05/10/2020 | Comment:
Symptom
You need some keyboard shortcuts for RDP.
Cause
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Solution
ALT + PageUp:
Switches between programs from left to right
Alt + PageDown:
Switches between programs from right to left
Alt + Insert:
Cycles through the programs in the order they were started
Alt + Home:
Displays the Start menu
CTRL + ALT + Break:
Switches the client between a window and full screen
CTRL + ALT + End:
Brings up the Windows Security dialog box
CTRL + ALT + Pause:
Toggles between fullscreen and windowed mode
(note that this does not set the client desktop to the correct size)
Alt + Del:
Displays the Windows menu
CTRL + ALT + Num-:
Places a snapshot of the client's active window on the clipboard
CTRL + ALT + Num+:
Places a snapshot of the client's entire desktop area on the clipboard
About the Author
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux in different European countries and different European languages. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform where he is one of the most important contributors and the main developer.