How to send Ctrl+Alt+End to Remote Desktop?

I have an application where Ctrl + Alt + End is mapped to a command, but when using the machine via Remote Desktop, Ctrl + Alt + End is used by the system as an alternative to Ctrl + Alt + Delete. Is there any way to change that setting for the Remote Desktop session so I can use Ctrl + Alt + End in my application?

6 Answers

Do you have the option of running AutoHotkey on the remote PC? You could run a script there which would trap an alternate hotkey of your choosing, and render it (there) as Ctrl+Alt+End.

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Alternate method which opens the 'Ctrl-Alt-Delete' overlay manually:

Run > shell:::{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}

or

cmd > explorer.exe shell:::{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}

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Use On-Screen Keyboard.

1. Click Windows button -> Run
2. Open osk and click related key.

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If you have permission to install on the remote machine, you could use a scripting engine like AutoHotkey or AutoIt to make a small script to catch whatever shortcut you would like and virtually "press" Ctrl+Alt+Del on the remote machine for you.

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When you're connecting, on the Local Resources tab of your Remote Desktop Client choose "On the Local Computer" in the drop-down menu of the Keyboard frame. This will send those keyboard signals directly to the remote machine instead of via the client.

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Here is an alternative using Powershell. This worked for me in a slightly different and more complicated setup (connecting from a Mac laptop (no "end" key on keyboard) to a Linux server through SSH and then from the Linux server to a Windows Server 2016 server through Remote desktop protocol using the rdesktop Linux RDP command line client).

In Windows:

1. Click Start menu
2. Click in the search bar
3. Type "powershell"
4. In the search results, click "powershell.exe"

5. In the PowerShell shell that opens, type the following:

   Powershell -noprofile -nologo -noninteractive -command "(new-object -ComObject
   shell.application).WindowsSecurity()"

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