Remote Desktop Connection Display

In the Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 client and more recent, support was added for several new features that are geared toward improving the end-user experience: custom display resolutions, horizontal monitor spanning across multiple monitors, Desktop Experience, Font Smoothing, and Display Data Prioritization.

Custom Display Resolutions

In the previous Terminal Services Client, only 4:3 display resolution ratios and a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200 were supported. In the new client, additional display resolution ratios, such as 16:9 or 16:10, and maximum resolution of 4096 x 2048 are now supported.

There are two ways to set a custom display resolution. The first method is to edit an RDP file with a text editor. ...

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