RDP apparently decreasing screen size/resolution

Question

I will use Windows behavior presented shortly this paragraph in problem description subsequent paragraphs in order to present the problem. Let's place some documents or apps icons at desktop right and bottom edges.
If for some reasons Windows needs to switch to lower screen resolution it is replacing
those icons to area which insures those icons visibility at screen new resolution.

There is Windows 10 machine version 1909, a tower in stationary use.
Physical screen attached to it has resolution of 1920x1080.
User placed on Desktop some icons at screen right and left edges.
Desktop background picture has a pattern with no till just bit of symmetries,
this helps to get feeling how desktop graphical composition works.

Let's connect now to that Windows 10 machine through RDP.
As RDP client a laptop and identical Windows 10 version is used.
Laptop physical screen has identical resolution as stationary
machine physical screen. DPIs might be different.
Remote desktop session runs in full-screen mode, no scaling is used.

PROBLEM
When in remote desktop session the remote station desktop icons placement is
different than on remote station local screen (position of those icons is different).
Icons in desktop right and bottom areas are relocated
as RDP would had switched to lower resolution than remote and client local
native screen resolution. How to achieve same desktop composition as
for client and remote local native display resolution?

Answer 1

Hello @Dikey ,

Thanks for your query.

1.Please try to configure below group policies on remote PC to see if the issue could be resolved.
Computer Configration\Administrative Templates\Windows Componets\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Remote Session Environment
Use hardware graphics for all Remote Desktop Services sessions - Enabled
Limit maximum display resolution - Enabled (use your monitors' resolution)
FYI: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/118264/windows-being-resized-when-reconnecting-to-a-remot.html

2.https://superuser.com/questions/138140/change-the-default-resolution-of-remote-desktop-connection-mstsc
https://superuser.com/questions/1268206/can-i-scale-stretch-a-remote-desktop-session-locally

Best regards,
Leila

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Answer 2

Hello @Dikey ,

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