TightVNC cannot exit full screen in Windows 7

Question

TightVNC allows us to make a remote session full-screen, so that the remote screen takes up our entire monitor.

Under Windows XP, to "restore" (un-maximize) a full-screen session back into a windowed session, we would hit Alt-ESC (or the Windows key) to display our own taskbar, and then right-click on the TightVNC Viewer's taskbar icon where the pop-up menu would have a "restore" option. This entire pop-up menu appears to be gone under Windows 7. The only choice now is to close the session, but it remembers to show all future sessions in full-screen (!).

One nuisance caused by this problem is that I cannot drag the remote session onto my second monitor. Another is that I can't get to the Viewer toolbar and start a file transfer.

Is there a way to exit full-screen under Windows 7 with TightVNC Viewer?

Or, how can I reset this stored value so that I can see future remote sessions in a window?

score 86 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 20 '15 at 14:39

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To exit TightVNC's full screen on Windows 7:

Press all four keys: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F

edited Jul 20 '15 at 14:39

Peter Mortensen

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answered Jan 22 '13 at 19:42

DaaBoss

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score 8 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 21 '16 at 14:07

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Press F8

"You can enter and exit full screen mode using the toolbar at the top of the VNC viewer window. The F8 key can be used to hide and unhide this toolbar."

https://support.realvnc.com/knowledgebase/article/View/376/12/how-can-i-enter-and-exit-full-screen

edited Dec 21 '16 at 14:07

DavidPostill

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answered Dec 20 '16 at 18:56

Yufeng Zhang

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cssyphus · Answer 3 · 2013-01-22T20:08:38.590

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And... to force any future session to be windowed rather than full-screen:

Start TightVNC Viewer and enter your remote address, but before hitting the Connect button, open the Options dialog and de-select the Full Screen checkbox.

edited Jan 22 '13 at 20:08

answered Jan 22 '13 at 19:30

cssyphus

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score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 20 '15 at 14:40

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If you hover your mouse near the top of the screen in the middle, a menu will pop up with the full screen button on it. Click again to get out.

edited Jul 20 '15 at 14:40

Peter Mortensen

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answered Mar 27 '13 at 07:52

thecrud

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 20 '15 at 14:41

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Press the Start button, click once on the taskbar, move your cursor to the vncviewer to get the aero peek, right click in it and deselect Full screen. Voila!

edited Jul 20 '15 at 14:41

Peter Mortensen

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answered May 02 '14 at 04:47

Win 7 engineer

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 15 '16 at 16:42

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I also had this problem - I was using TightVNC in another VNC session - so no control key presses went through. My solution was the following batch script on the host running the VNC Server:

net stop "TightVNC Server"

net start "TightVNC Server"

Which disconnects you immediately and lets you connect again.

edited Apr 15 '16 at 16:42

Matt

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answered Apr 15 '16 at 13:17

user583378

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 05 '23 at 21:45

I unintentionally hit some key on my old laptop keyboard causing my window on Firefox to go to full screen. (I still use Windows 7 on this laptop.)

The only thing that worked was hovering my cursor using my mouse at the edges of the screen and using the diagonal arrow at the bottom right corner (which popped up) to reduce the full screen to a window. Then I used the horizontal and vertical arrows to adjust the window to my usual preferences. Correct window remained after shutting down and starting up again.

TightVNC cannot exit full screen in Windows 7

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