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Remote Desktop Connection is Windows 11’s built-in app for connecting to remote computers. You can use it to remotely access another PC, which comes in handy for personal or support-related use. In Windows 11 Professional and Enterprise editions, you can also enable Remote Desktop to set up a host PC for remote computing. To connect to a remote PC, you’ll need to open the Remote Desktop Connection tool. Once done, you can then enter the login credentials for the remote PC to connect to it through the Remote Desktop Connection window. As such, let's explore how to enable the Remote Desktop Connection tool on Windows 11 How to Enable Remote Desktop Connection on Windows 11If you want your PC to be a host computer, you’ll need to enable Remote Desktop on that PC's copy of Windows 11. Note that you can only activate that feature in Enterprise and Professional editions of Microsoft’s latest desktop platform, as is also the case for Windows 10. You can enable Remote Desktop as follows:
Thereafter, you can connect to your host PC remotely with other computers and mobile devices. To do so, you’ll need to enter the required login credentials for it and enter them into the remote access software. On Windows desktops and laptops, you can do that by opening the built-in Remote Desktop Connection accessory.
1. Open Remote Desktop Connection With the Windows 11 Search ToolWindows 11’s search tool is a handy way to find software, files, and other accessories on your PC. As such, you can use it to find and open Remote Desktop Connection.
2. Open Remote Desktop Connection With the Run ToolThe Run tool is, as its title implies, a way to launch apps and programs. You can open Windows 11’s accessories and Control Panel applets just by entering Run commands. Here is how you can open Remote Desktop Connection with Run:
3. Open Remote Desktop Connection With the Windows TerminalYou can open Remote Desktop Connection with both the Command Prompt and PowerShell command-line tools. The Windows Terminal brings both those command-line tools together in Microsoft’s latest desktop platform. You can open RDC with the Windows Terminal as follows.
4. Open Remote Desktop Connection Within Its FolderRemote Desktop Connection is included within the Windows Accessories folder. You can open the accessory from its Windows Accessories folder in File Explorer. To do that, follow the steps below.
5. Open Remote Desktop Connection With a Desktop ShortcutDesktop shortcuts provide the most direct way to open software and accessories. You can set up a shortcut for RDC so you can open it directly from your desktop. This is how you can set up a Remote Desktop Connection shortcut in Windows 11.
That shortcut will simply open the RDC window. You can also set up a Remote Desktop Connection shortcut for a specific PC. To do that, enter mstsc.exe /v:PC-name in the Create Shortcut window’s item location text box. Replace PC-name in that item location with the actual name of a PC to connect with. If you prefer, you can have a taskbar shortcut for Remote Desktop Connection instead. Right-click the Remote Desktop Connection shortcut and select Show more options > Pin to taskbar. Selecting that option will add an RDC shortcut to the taskbar as shown in the snapshot below. You can remove the desktop one by right-clicking it and selecting Delete. 6. Open Remote Desktop Connection With a Keyboard ShortcutYou can add a hotkey to an RDC desktop shortcut. By doing so, you’ll be able to open Remote Desktop Connection with a keyboard shortcut. First, set up a desktop shortcut as outlined for method five. Then you can add a hotkey to that shortcut as follows.
Open Remote Desktop Connection With Your Favorite MethodSo, there are various ways you can open Remote Desktop Connection in Windows 11. The quickest and most direct methods are to open it from the desktop or with a hotkey, which you’ll need shortcuts for. Or you can open it via Run, the search tool, File Explorer, and Windows Terminal. Choose whatever method you prefer for opening Remote Desktop Connection.
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