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How can I create a desktop or start bar icon which would should show the Start Menu in Windows Server 2012?

I having multiple remote connections in small windows (not full screen) and hovering the mouse in corners is pretty slow and difficult for me.

CLARIFICATION: @jmreicha and @kinokijuf provided a workarounds to show the start menu using keyboard shortcuts. Which is quite useful in common scenarios.

However, I am still solving the problem, how to easily show the start menu in systems where I connected from Hyper-V console (without direct RDP connection) and to the Hyper-V server I am connected over RDP. In that case, shortcuts just show start menu in the Hyper-V server.

In old Windows there was a shortcut (icon) on taskbar that shows desktop. How to create a similar shortcut to show the start menu? (Or do you know a lightweight open source solution for this?)

TN.
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You can press Alt+Home to open the start menu inside a remote desktop.

kinokijuf
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Probably the easiest way to do this is to give focus to the RDP session you are managing and press the "Windows" key. That is faster than a shortcut.

To get this working through RDP, check the RDP settings and the Local Resources tab to allow keys to pass through to the RDP session. You might have to play around with it a little bit but I think it may help.

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jmreicha
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On the RDP window, you can click on the icon on the left corner of the title bar and then click on Remote Commands menu. This menu has options like Start, Charms etc.

user410924
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