How do you control resolution and/or scaling of icons in RDP connections in Windows 8.1?

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How do you control resolution and/or scaling of icons in RDP connections in Windows 8.1?, when using either ...

  • the new "Remote Desktop" store app
  • the old desktop "Remote Desktop Connection"

I've got a laptop and Surface Pro 3, both Windows 8.1, connecting to a desktop PC, again Windows 8.1

The Surface is fine, if high resolution, but the laptop connection has got very large icons on the desktop

Is there some way to control this? ... not the size text for the icons, which can be changed in Control Panel\Appearance and Personalisation\Display

EDIT: added point concerns store or desktop connection

SteveC

Posted 2015-07-07T08:29:59.770

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When you connect, you can set the resolution in the RDP options... Click show options and then choose Display tab. – Dave – 2015-07-07T08:51:11.287

@Dave Are you referring to the old desktop "Remote Desktop Connection" ... I was trying the new "Remote Desktop" store application, but it's "Edit" option doesn't seem to have a resolution choice? Even with the old RDC, I still get enormous desktop icons – SteveC – 2015-07-07T11:07:05.517

I wonder if you can check the text size to make sure it's not only 125% or similar – Dave – 2015-07-07T11:12:41.567

@Dave Crossing postings ... icon text set to 10 point, can't see a 125%? – SteveC – 2015-07-07T11:20:18.423

Answers

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Jist: DPI redirection works, but only on new sessions. On existing sessions, the DPI of the existing session is used.

Please see this answer that I gave some time ago: Remote Desktop into Windows 8.1 PC with high DPI scaling

cdavid

Posted 2015-07-07T08:29:59.770

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On the plus side, Win 10 seems to work a bit better (DWM and explorer seem to scale some parts of the UI now). – cdavid – 2015-07-07T17:42:32.297

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