Using Microsoft Remote Desktop Client in Windows 7 in full screen, is there another way to switch from the remote machine (which captures all input from the keyboard) to the local machine, aside from using the keyboard combination for toggling full screen of the remote desktop session?

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Let me put it here as well: I don't want to use my mouse, but moving away from full screen is a pain in the ??? just to switch to the local system. I want to use a shortcut apart from the "Toggle Fullscreen" one to switch. – private_meta Aug 7 '10 at 19:51
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I suppose there is no other way than to toggle fullscreen, switch to the local computer.

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Too bad, makes virtual desktops useless. – cc0 May 3 '11 at 11:40
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I found a way to do this using AutoHotkey. See my answer here: Keyboard shortcut to minimize Remote Desktop

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Your question title and question text are very different. Your title asks what the keyboard shortcut is to change swap back to the local desktop, and the text asks how to do it without using the shortcut. For the latter, the answer is use the little bar at the top of the remote session. There's a set of icons up there you can use to bring the remote session back to a window.

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No, I was asking if there is a way to do that without that specific shortcut, because I don't want to move away from full screen just to switch from remote to local system. – private_meta Aug 7 '10 at 19:47
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