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
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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Nope, it's possible. Go into the display tab of rdp setup. Check the box that says to use all monitors
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.
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.
I already have multiple monitors ticked and it's still not workingBBIAngie wrote:
Nope, it's possible. Go into the display tab of rdp setup. Check the box that says to use all monitors
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 :]
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
You could try updating to the RDP 8.0 client.
//support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2592687/remote-desktop-protocol-rdp-8.0-update-for-windows-...
This is now resolved and thanks all for the replies+1 to all
Lunos, what did you do to resolve the problem?
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.
lindseypalmer wrote:
Lunos, what did you do to resolve the problem?
Lindsey sorry for the late reply!!!
I used Teamviewer in the end
- Lunos
Looks like there is a great github solution for this.. check out: //github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap
This totally worked for me!
JdoubleU wrote:
Looks like there is a great github solution for this.. check out: //github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap
This totally worked for me!
This is an amazing little hack. Love it! Thank You!
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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