The pesky scrollbars on Remote desktop - Finally fixed!!
The problem We always had scrollbars (vertical as well as horizontal) when we connect to remote desktop (eg: nftRunbox01). This meant we had to scroll up and down many times to work on rotheram environments. Full screen was an option, but we wanted to see the taskbar as well as the messages from skype (Paul). I remember my colleagues would not allow pairing unless the scroll bar issue was fixed. :) We ended up editing rdp files and what we tried to do was... desktopwidth:i:1437 desktopheight:i:865 session bpp:i:24 winposstr:s:0,1,0,20,1437,865 We changed the winposstr values so that horizontal and vertical scroll bars disappear. This was a trial and error method and consumed a lot of time (10 to 15 mts). I looked at a few open source projects and found a project on sourceforge which solved the problem. I was still looking for a way (easier) to solve the scroll bar issue. Solution Just add the following line to your .rdp file. smart sizing:i:1 Old RDP File desktopwidth:i:1437 de
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