Published on Nov 1, 2023
Regular Windows keyboard combination
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Key combination for RDP
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Description of what hotkeys do
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| Win key or Ctrl+Esc |
Alt+Home |
Opens the Start Menu or Start screen |
| Alt+Tab |
Alt+Page Up |
Displays the Alt+Tab switcher where pressing Page Up while Alt is held down will switch programs from left to right |
| Alt+Shift+Tab |
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Displays the Alt+Tab switcher where pressing Page Down while Alt is held down will switch programs from right to left
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| Alt+Esc |
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Cycles through open apps in most recently used order (sends the current active window to the bottom of the Z-order) |
| Alt+Space |
Alt+Delete |
Opens the window menu of the active window |
| Print Screen |
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Ctrl+Alt+'+'(Plus key on numeric keypad)
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Takes a screenshot of the whole screen to the clipboard which you can paste in Paint
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| Alt+Print Screen |
Ctrl+Alt+'-' (Minus key on the numeric keypad) |
Takes a screenshot of the active window to the clipboard which you can paste in Paint |
| Ctrl+Alt+Del |
Ctrl+Alt+End |
Sends Ctrl+Alt+Del (Secure Attention Sequence) to the host. |
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Ctrl+Alt+Break |
Toggles the RDP window between full screen mode and windowed mode |
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Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down arrow |
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View session selection bar
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Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right arrow
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Activate connection bar in full-screen mode |
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Ctrl+Alt+Insert |
Scroll the session |
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Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow |
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'Tab' out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host app (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls are embedded in another (host) app.
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Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow |
'Tab' out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host app (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls are embedded in another (host) app |
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