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Background

When working in a remote desktop window, something you can do in order to work on a remote desktop from a local computer, hotkeys that are pressed are processed by the local computer first. This makes it impossible to type your usual ALT+TAB or CTRL+ALT+DEL hotkeys, to just cite two of the most commonly used hotkeys. Fortunately, there are a few “replacement” hotkeys that Windows transmit to the remote computer and that can be used instead.

Tip

Here are all hotkeys we know of and that can be used when working in a remote desktop window:

• CTRL+ESC - Switches the client between a window and full screen.
• CTRL+ALT+END: Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box (CTRL+ALT+DEL)
• ALT+PAGE UP: Switch between programs from left to right (CTRL+PAGE UP)
• ALT+PAGE DOWN: Switch between programs from right to left (CTRL+PAGE DOWN)
• ALT+INSERT: Cycle through the programs in most recently used order (ALT+TAB)
• ALT+HOME: Display the Start menu (CTRL+ESC)
• CTRL+ALT+BREAK: Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen
• ALT+DELETE: Display the Windows menu
• CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-): Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer (ALT+PRT SC)
• CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+): Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer (PRT SC)