https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=774c3855-a9fe-4da8-8bb6-449a4c9936ed DisplayFusion RSS: Problem with Alt-Tab and Remote Desktop Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:41:28 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=774c3855-a9fe-4da8-8bb6-449a4c9936ed https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/problem-with-alt-tab-and-remote-desktop/?ID=774c3855-a9fe-4da8-8bb6-449a4c9936ed#4 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 18:50:32 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/problem-with-alt-tab-and-remote-desktop/?ID=774c3855-a9fe-4da8-8bb6-449a4c9936ed#4 DisplayFusion Hello,

Is this the correct app? https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/microsoft-remote-desktop/9wzdncrfj3ps?activetab=pivotverviewtab

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/problem-with-alt-tab-and-remote-desktop/?ID=774c3855-a9fe-4da8-8bb6-449a4c9936ed#3 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:43:36 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/problem-with-alt-tab-and-remote-desktop/?ID=774c3855-a9fe-4da8-8bb6-449a4c9936ed#3 DisplayFusion @Keith Lammers

Can you add the Remote Desktop App from the Microsoft store to this exception as well? RDP is being deprecated. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/problem-with-alt-tab-and-remote-desktop/?ID=774c3855-a9fe-4da8-8bb6-449a4c9936ed#2 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 19:56:33 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/problem-with-alt-tab-and-remote-desktop/?ID=774c3855-a9fe-4da8-8bb6-449a4c9936ed#2 DisplayFusion This is sort of by design. The RDP window has an option to send keystrokes like Alt+Tab to the remote machine instead of operating on the local machine. If that option is enabled, it wouldn't work because DisplayFusion would be hooking the Alt+Tab and showing its own, instead of allowing it to pass through to the remote machine.

The problem we ran into, was that there's no way for us to know if that option is enabled or not for the RDP session, so we settled on never hooking Alt+Tab if an RDP window has focus, which is why you'll see the Windows Alt+Tab when an RDP window is focused.

Hope that makes sense! Please let me know if you have any other questions at all. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/problem-with-alt-tab-and-remote-desktop/?ID=774c3855-a9fe-4da8-8bb6-449a4c9936ed Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:05:01 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/problem-with-alt-tab-and-remote-desktop/?ID=774c3855-a9fe-4da8-8bb6-449a4c9936ed DisplayFusion Hi,
I use the DF Alt-Tab functionality. I have it configured to "Show on current monitor only, show current windows only". I have a 3 monitor setup.

If I have a remote desktop window (not full screen) open on monitor 1, and it has focus, the first time I press Alt-Tab I see the Win10 Alt-Tab window on monitor 2 (primary). The next time I press Alt-Tab, I see the DF Alt-Tab window on monitor 1 as expected.

This only seems to happen when a remote desktop window is the current focused window.

Thanks,
-Steve ]]>