Remote Desktop won't maximize

I use a laptop and I am docking and undocking frequently. Often when I connect to another machine using remote desktop, the screen size gets messed up when I dock again. By "messed up" I mean that it stays the size of my lap top screen (wide screen ratio). Clicking maximize will not get it to go full screen.

Any ideas (other than a reboot) how I can reset this?

Solution 1:

The problem is that the RDP-client remembers the resolution of your last connection.

This can be remedied by adjusting the resolution in the RDP-connection dialog to "Full Screen"

Options >> Display > Remote Desktop Size: Full Screen (to the right)

Another possibility is to create a desktop shortcut for each of your frequently used resolutions. This can be done by making a shortcut to RDP and adding the following flags:

/w:[width] and /h:[height]

Examples of shortcuts would then be:

Docked: %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe /w:1600 /h:1200

Laptop: %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe /w:1920 /h:1200

Solution 2:

Try hotkey

In Windows 7, clicking maximize does maximize the window, but it doesn't go full screen.
While in a remote desktop connection session, try Ctrl-Alt-Break. That should force the RDC window to go full screen.

In case the BREAK key isn't available, try one of these key combinations:

• CTRL+ALT+PAUSE
• CTRL+ALT+PRTSCN
• CTRL+ALT+FN+SCRLK

Reference: Remote Desktop Services Shortcut Keys

Solution 3:

Try KB2582172 hotfix

Maximizing will not cause it to go into full screen mode again due to a bug. However, Microsoft released a hotfix.