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Hi Guys, To confirm I have a PC running Windows 7 Pro with 2 monitors and another PC running Windows 7 Pro with 2 monitors at a different location. Is there a way to have RDP show both monitors or do I need to change the OS? - Lunos
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Not with Windows 7 Pro as the destination of RDP, you will need Windows 7 Ultimate or Enterprise for it to be supported. Windows 10 Pro however does support displaying dual monitors as destination.
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BBIAngie
Feb 17, 2017 at 12:27 UTC
Nope, it's possible. Go into the display tab of rdp setup. Check the box that says to use all monitors
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2 discrete desktops on windows 7 is is not supported, you can however us the span option in the rdp file to span one desktop over two monitors. Windows 8/10 have native multi-monitor support and smart sizing.
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Not with Windows 7 Pro as the destination of RDP, you will need Windows 7 Ultimate or Enterprise for it to be supported. Windows 10 Pro however does support displaying dual monitors as destination.
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Lunos
Feb 17, 2017 at 12:44 UTC
I already have multiple monitors ticked and it's still not working
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Pineshed
Feb 17, 2017 at 12:52 UTC
run the command: mstsc /? Gives you all the options available for your version of remote desktop. For instance the options /span and /multimon could work for you :)
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dbeato is correct. You must have Enterprise or Ultimate on the destination computer if you want to use Windows 7 and true multiple monitors. They are the only editions that support it. In newer OS's, that isn't the case
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You could try updating to the RDP 8.0 client. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2592687/remote-desktop-protocol-rdp-8.0-update-for-windows-...
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Lunos
Feb 17, 2017 at 14:34 UTC
This is now resolved and thanks all for the replies+1 to all
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lindseypalmer
Sep 28, 2017 at 23:34 UTC
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Lunos, what did you do to resolve the problem?
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Samson416
Feb 24, 2018 at 17:01 UTC
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I figured this out, first you need to go to the display tab of Remote Desktop Connection on the computer you will be connecting to and check the "use all my monitors for the remote session" box. then from the other computer, run command prompt CMD, type in this: mstsc \multimon press enter it will open your Remote desktop connection icon, login and it will automatically match the layout that the computer you're connecting to is set at.
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Lunos
Mar 6, 2018 at 15:57 UTC
Lindsey sorry for the late reply!!! I used Teamviewer in the end - Lunos
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JdoubleU
Mar 14, 2018 at 12:59 UTC
Looks like there is a great github solution for this.. check out: https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap This totally worked for me!
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jdreffs
Apr 12, 2018 at 13:00 UTC
This is an amazing little hack. Love it! Thank You!
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RRayel
Jul 19, 2018 at 16:18 UTC
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Provided both systems have the same/similar monitor configurations and are running similar resolutions (it will still work otherwise, but the screens may be wonky and might have to scroll around), do the following... Open a command/run line and type: mstsc.exe /multimon /span fill in the RDP connection info and connect. Has worked for me since XP. Doing it that way enables the span feature which isn't available as an option for the RDP GUI.
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