How to use my PC while other person is connected over remote desktop on my PC

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Example:

  • PC1 with office Excel and office word.
  • PC2 want to use Excel while PC1 user are already using office word.

The problem with most desktop remote apps that when someone connect to your PC you can't do anything on your PC because both of you use the same desktop and the same courser.

I tried sharing the root of the program on network, but the program doesn't work, I'm looking on other solution.

I'm looking on a solution to share programs on PC1 without install them on PC2

Narzan Q.

Posted 2018-09-02T13:14:42.553

Reputation: 723

1Remote Desktop is not licensed to be able to do that - you'd need some kind of Server/Enterprise license to do it. [idk details, so not posting as an answer] – Tetsujin – 2018-09-02T13:19:11.770

I tried most common apps like team-viewer, but there is no option for that either.. – Narzan Q. – 2018-09-02T13:21:47.310

1...This is impossible with a remote desktop, as stated. Consider just reinstalling your office suite on the other PC. – Stackstuck – 2018-09-02T13:36:14.407

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Perfectly possible to do. Just install https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap on PC1 and then use Remote Desktop from PC2 to connect to PC1. You can log in with the same user credentials or a different set and the first user will be unaffected. I use this method all the time on my HTPC as it allows me to perform maintenance whilst the other half is watching TV.

– Richard – 2018-09-02T14:26:19.647

1Vnc viewer and server also have this option – Tim_Stewart – 2018-09-02T15:57:27.433

@Richard I just used RDAwrap and works exactly like what I want. If you put your comment in an answer I will accept it as an answer, thanks :) – Narzan Q. – 2018-09-02T16:03:21.223

Answers

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The Remote Desktop tool that Microsoft provide is the best tool here. However the consumer versions of Windows only allow one person to be using the machine at a time - so when someone else logs in, the first user will be presented with a login screen.

Thankfully you can solve this problem by installing the free RDP Wrapper on PC1.

From the website:

The goal of this project is to enable Remote Desktop Host support and concurrent RDP sessions on reduced functionality systems for home usage.

RDP Wrapper works as a layer between Service Control Manager and Terminal Services, so the original termsrv.dll file remains untouched. Also this method is very strong against Windows Update.

Once you've installed it on PC1, someone on PC2 can log into PC1 (either using the same credentials or a different set) and the first user on PC1 will be unaffected.

I use this method all the time as it allows me to log into the HTPC (from my laptop) to perform maintenance whilst the other half can watch a TV show or film uninterrupted.

Richard

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