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?
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
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:
Reference: Remote Desktop Services Shortcut Keys
Maximizing will not cause it to go into full screen mode again due to a bug. However, Microsoft released a hotfix.
I have seen this problem before. The easiest way to fix this is to alter the display resolution from the display applet in control panel. Set the screen to the right resolution manually and your problem should be fixed.
