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Ever since FireFox 4, page tabs have been moved to the top of the window. This gets pretty irritating when surfing the net through a remote desktop session. Often when I want to switch tabs, if I accidentally move my mouse a little to much to the top, I get the remote desktop connection bar blocking the tabs instead, then I'd have to wait a few frustrating seconds before it disappears again.

So, are there any methods to shrink or shorten the remote desktop connection bar or delay the appearance of it?

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This is also an annoyance for me - I want it there, it just needs to be smaller. Alternatively being able to snap it to any edge of the screen would be also be a good workaround. – mindless.panda Jul 6 '11 at 13:45
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Uncheck the Display the connection bar when I use the full screen to get rid of the bar. You can then use [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Break] to switch between local/remote sessions.

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I tried that option before, but if I needed to switch back to the local machine, I am forced to break the connection since the minimization button is now gone, and win+D works only on the remote machine, and then re-connect to the remote machine. It's still a bad user experience. – Some Noob Student Jun 21 '11 at 13:35
@Sheldon: I thought about that also, but afaik, that is the only way to remove the bar. You could, as @Joel said, move it out of the way. But that only goes left and right horizontally. You can't put it vertically. – Thiago M. Jun 21 '11 at 13:38
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You can drag it over to one side or the other to move it out of your way.

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If you have a 22" monitor and 3 page tabs this would do. But this is not enough for me, I need the bar shortened for good, or moved vertically to the right or left side of the screen. – Some Noob Student Jun 21 '11 at 13:21
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This is a bit unorthodox, but it works for me. I only occasionally switch between sessions throughout the day. If you're switching frequently, this might be more of a nuisance than helpful, admittedly.

Uncheck the "Display Connection Bar" as noted above. To switch between, pressing Ctl+Alt+Del brings up Task Manager for the Local computer. At the same time, you may notice that the Taskbar/Start Menu switches to the local machine as well.

This allows you to click on a Taskbar button to bring up a locally-running application. When you want to switch back to the remote session, the Taskbar button for RDP should still be running - just click over.

I'm using XP SP3 on both machines. I hope this works elsewhere for you, too.

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Nice workaround, thank you for sharing your experiences! – Some Noob Student Mar 2 at 19:48
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