Getting 2 of 3 monitors in an RDP Session

In case someone finds this helpful.  There is a way to do 2 of 3 or 2 of 4 monitors with RDP, however, it requires another piece of software.  Unfortunately this is the only way I've found to do this...

Requires:  VMware Workstation

1.  Create a Windows 7 workstation.  No frills no other software (except maybe anti-virus).

     (Note:  I run it with only 2gig and 1 processor... never tried 1 gig)

2.  Turn it on, and set to full-screen

3.  Set it to use the Monitors you want to use for RDP

4.  Run your RDP Session in the workstation.

It works out great.  I realize that this isn't REALLY a fix, and if you don't already have VMWare, it's a bit of an expense to purchase JUST for this purpose.  But if you have it already, it works really well.

Greg

From : https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd834779.aspx

To specify the number of monitors for a remote session

1. On the RD Session Host server, open Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration. To open Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, point to Remote Desktop Services, and then click Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration.
2. Under Connections, right-click the name of the connection, and then click Properties.
3. In the Properties dialog box for the connection, click the Client Settings tab.
4. Under Monitor Settings, in the Limit maximum number of monitors per session box, enter the number of monitors to be available to the client.

Note

You can also specify the number of monitors for a remote session by applying the Limit maximum number of monitors Group Policy setting. This Group Policy setting is located in Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Remote Session Environment and can be configured by using either the Local Group Policy Editor or the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). Note that the Group Policy setting will take<br> precedence over the setting configured in Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration.

For more information about Group Policy settings for Remote Desktop Services, see the Remote Desktop Services Technical Reference (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=138134).

Hello,

Please proceed with the following supports steps....

• mstsc.exe /span
• mstsc.exe /multimon

I hope this information is beneficial.

Thank you,

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Aaron

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harryMcintosh, I have the exact same issue.  Were you able to find a solution?

What exactly are we supposed to do with the "following supports steps"?  They just seem to be commands to open remote desktop with the option to "use all monitors" which doesn't solve the problem.

Hello HarryMcIntosh,

You will be able to view the Remote Desktop Connection using a window that stretched across the two monitors that the user would like to use. I suggest that you try the below steps:

a.      "Restore Down" button that is displayed next to the X at the top of the screen to view the RDC in a window instead of full screen.

b.     Then the window could be stretched to fit the expected display.

You can refer the below video shows how to connect to RDC, but also shows the how to switching between full screen and window view:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help/videos/remote-desktop-connection

Thanks,

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