How do you leave Windows Remote Desktop Connection with keyboard shortcut?
- First press Crtl + Alt + Home to activate the connection bar
or press Ctrl + Alt + Break to switch from full-screen-mode to window mode. - Then press Alt + Tab or any other method you may prefer to switch between open windows.
To learn more from the source I used, visit here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-my/windows-8/keyboard-shortcuts
You can disconnect from a windows 10 session with tsdiscon.exe . I created a taskbar short cut for just this purpose. Not sure if that executable is available in windows 8. (it should be). I found this to be the most expedient way to logoff a remote desktop session when the remote desktop bar is intentionally hidden (it always seemed to be in the way).
PS: The tsdiscon.exe file should be located on the PC you're remoting into (not the one your on).
If you need to quickly move between remote PC and non-remote laptop, then the following method would allow you to quickly switch between the two side.
Prerequisite: A working laptop track pad able to detect 4 point touch or more
- Create a new Desktop (Press
Win+Tab, you will see the New Desktop button) - Connect your Remote site in full screen using Desktop 1
- Put 4 fingered into your track pad, and swipe right
- You should be on your Desktop 2 now, and you can start your non-remote work there
- Switch back to remote site by Put 4 fingered into your track pad, and swipe left
- You should now be in Desktop 1 again