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What is the easiest way to get to "Start Screen" in a secondary RDP session opened to a Windows Server 8 Beta?

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  • Thursday, September 13, 2012 11:44 PM
     
     
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    Supposedly,

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831491.aspx

    The Start screen is the home of Windows apps. To open the Start screen, use one of these methods:

    • Press the Windows logo key. In a virtual machine, you can press Ctrl+Esc.
    • Hover the mouse cursor in the upper right corner of the screen, and then click Start.
    • On the desktop, hover the mouse cursor in the lower left corner of the screen, and click when the thumbnail of the Start screen appears.

    Hovering mouse cursor does absolutely nothing.

    Ctrl+Esc will bring up start menu in my main RDP session, not in secondary or any deeper RDP session.

    As it always been, I believe.

    I have to connect to my work PC via RDP first and then open RDP Windows Server 8.

     

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  • Monday, September 17, 2012 7:51 AM
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    Hi,

    I have tested it. You can at least get to "Start Screen" in a secondary RDP session by using:
    • Hover the mouse cursor in the upper right corner of the screen, and then click Start.
    • On the desktop, hover the mouse cursor in the lower left corner of the screen, and click when the thumbnail of the Start screen appears.

    Note: Pressing the Windows logo key or Ctrl+Esc will be available only when you launch the secondary RDP session in the full desktop view mode. 

    I am using the Windows 8 RTM version and windows 2012 RTM version, both are ok.You may try it without using the beta and RC version.


    regards,

    Clarence

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  • Friday, September 28, 2012 5:25 PM
     
     
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    Clarence,

    Hover the mouse does work for all, but one or two particular VMs.
    What is the hot-key to bring Start screen?

     
  • Wednesday, October 03, 2012 2:06 PM
     
     
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    The hotkey is either the Windows logo key or Ctrl+Esc but you need to be in full screen for either to work.

    --Joseph [MSFT] http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/