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Main monitor for the Remote Desktop Client
I've found a way to select the main display.
Background:
With mstsc.exe, which is clearly the basis for this new AVD Remote Desktop application, selecting the main monitor involves editing the .rdp file's selectedmonitors setting.
Example
selectedmonitors:s:2,1,0
The above setting will make monitor #2 the main monitor as it is listed first.
The same settings seem to be used for the new remote desktop app, but they are instead stored in the Windows Registry
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RdClientRadc\Feeds\<account_email>\<feed_ID>\DesktopDisplaySettings\<machine_ID>\SelectedMonitors
Of course, you will need to determine the <account_email>, <feed_ID> and <machine_ID> for the specific connection you are trying to modify. Once you locate it, just modify the order of the selected monitors and reconnect to the AVD.
- Joe_LangloisNov 16, 2023Copper Contributor
They seem to have broken this with the 1.2.4763.0 update. Doesn't matter what I put in the registry key for SelectedMonitors, the left-most monitor is always the main display. Worked fine prior to this release.