Smart Resizing of Remote Desktop Windows (Remote Desktop Client)
BydefaulttheMicrosoft Windowsoperating system includes theRemote Desktopcomponent that allows you to connect to a remote computer and work with it as you work with your localcomputer.
Using this component you can run and monitor automatedtasks on remote computers: you can connect to a test computer using aRemote Desktopconnection and use theRemote Desktopwindow to work with the remote computer on your PC.However, sometimes, you may need to see the whole remote desktop (without scrollbars), so you may need to control the remote desktop.
In this case, thescreen resolutionon the remote computer must be the same as on the master computer. Sometimes, it may be inconvenient.Toworkaroundthis problem, you can specify the properties of theRemote Desktopconnection in a special way. Below is astep-by-stepinstruction on how to do this.
Open the“Remote desktop connection”window. To do this, click:Start | All Programs | Accessories | Remote Desktop Connection.
ClickOptionsand then clickSave As.
Remote Desktop Client options
Specify the path to the.rdpfile that will store theRemote Desktop Connectionoptions.
ClickSaveand then close theRemote Desktop Connectionoptions window.
Open the created.rdpfile in an editor, for example, inNotepad, and add the following string at the end of the file:
smart sizing:i:1
Make sure that the parametersdesktopwidth:i:1280anddesktopheight:i:1024match the server’s desktop resolution. You can also change the color settings. For this purpose, replace the valuesessionbpp:i:8with thesessionbpp:i:24string.
Double-click the .rdp file’s icon to start aRemote Desktop Connectionsession.
After that, you can resize the Remote Desktop window as you wish, at that, the window will show theentire remote desktop.
So, you can make the Remote Desktop window smaller and you will be able to control your task remotely.
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