Friday, October 15, 2010
Anu
I run dual-monitor systems both athome and Institute and regularly use Remote Desktop for remote connections. Lastweek I was finally fed up with connecting to remote systems in theirsingle-monitor resolutions.
My search turned up Microsoft’s command lineswitches for the Terminal Services and Remote Desktop clients and the file formatof .RDP-format (saved Remote Desktop setting) shortcuts.
The easiest way to open a localRemote Desktop window with 2560-by-1024 dimensions (remote system must supportthe choosen resolution) is to open the run dialog box and type type
“mstsc/w:2560 /h:1024″
The mstsc.exe is the Remote Desktop client in the \system32\folder and the flags attempt to force the remote system to send screen data atthe settings specified.
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Don’t overdo the resolution requests.
If a remotesystem’s video driver isn’t capable of the requested resolution it steps-downto the closest single-monitor settings. Likewise, beware of where icons areplaced on the remote system, as the forced high-res leaves them at the same x:ypoints and hides them from users logging into a local desktop session.
To save both resolution andconnection settings Mstsc.exe commands can be saved to .LNK shortcuts:
- Right-click on the desktop or a folder and choose New - Shortcut.
- In the “Item location…” field add the command-line from earlier, with an additional location flag:
“mstsc /w:2560 /h:1024 /v:1.1.1.1:9999″
- Replace 1.1.1.1:9999 with your IP, a colon, and the port # of your RDC connection. Leave the colon and port # off if using the default RDC port # 3389.
- Click Next, name the shortcut, and click Finish.
