Windows 10 Shift Key Fails using RDP (Remote Desktop) between Windows 10 and Server 2008 R2

[Matthew M. Bartelt]

This was a recent issue discovered when new computers were installed. Shift key did not respond while using remote desktop from a Windows 10 computer to our Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise edition server.


The fix;

-Open the Remote Desktop application

-Click down arrow at bottom left of application window "Show Options"

- Select "Local Resources" Tab

- Under "Keyboard" you'll see "Apply Windows key combinations"

- Select dropdown menu and change to "On this computer" and then you are done with this tab

- Select the General Tab

- Under "Connection settings" you have the options to select on of these buttons "Save, Save As..., Open..."

- Select the "Save" button

- You are finished, now test!


Note: if you select either of the other two options the shift key did not respond in my environment.

- "Only when using the full screen"

- "On the remote computer"


I hope this helps someone out

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