Remote desktop minimize fails when in full screen (Windows 7 locally and remote)

Question

I recently have a problem with Remote Desktop (RD) on Windows 7. When I am in a RD session in full screen and click on the "minimize" button on the RD toolbar, the screen flickers, but the window does not go away. The only way to minimize for me is to first click on "restore" and then on "minimize" in the non-fullscreen RD sesssion. Quite annoying.

Anyone got the same problem?

Answer 1

I had the same problem and it coincided with me altering the Windows 7 performance settings for "Best Performance". The item that caused my problem was "Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing".

To fix:

1. Go to Control Panel,
2. System,
3. Advanced System Settings,
4. (Performance) Settings.
5. Click the Custom button, then tick the 2nd option from the top. I was immediately able to minimize RDP windows.

Answer 2

•CTRL+ALT+BREAK: Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen

Hope this helps

Answer 3

I am not doing Windows-7 to Window-7, but am using RDP from Windows-7. To minimize my desktop I move the mouse of the top of the screen in the middle. This gives me the connection bar from which I can minimize my remote desktop. You can pin the connection bar on the screen if you want.

Answer 4

I had this problem for a little while after upgrading from WinXP to W7. It spontaneously fixed itself, so I must assume it was fixed by a Windows Update or an update pushed by my IT department. Quote below (from duplicate post, now closed) describes the symptoms I had, in more detail:

Before: I had Windows XP, with several RDC connectoids configured to go immediately to full screen. When connected, I could go to the drop-down tab at the top and click the minimize button to get back to the host desktop.

Now: I upgraded to Windows 7, using the same connectoids: when I click the minimize button, the screen flashes then the RDC session is full screen again. It can only be minimized by clicking Restore (or double-clicking the drop-down bar), then minimizing. Then to go back to full screen, it must be restored, then maximized (annyoing).

It happens on all the connectoids I have, connecting to various other opsys versions, so it is a function of the Windows 7, not the remote computers.