This is an update posting for my original blog entry on this subject.
It looks like the page to which I was previously linking for Citrix and Microsoft Terminal Server/Remote Desktop hotkeys/keystroke combinations has gone bye-bye.
Rather than leave everybody hanging, here is the original list as found using the Internet Archive's WayBack Machine. Since Session Computing Solutions LLC was gracious enough to make the original list available, it was never my intention to paste it on my blog and claim it as my own. At this point, though, I haven't much point but to make it available here while giving full credit for it to the original page. The only changes I have made are a few tweaks (e.g. line-breaks, font style changes) that make it a little more readable.
[Also, from digging around a little on Citrix's site, it appears that you can make Windows hotkeys "pass-through" to the RDP session. I haven't tried this personally, but supposedly, if you follow the instructions here, you can get native hotkey combinations to be picked up by the remote OS instead of your local Windows. Please drop a comment to let me know if you get this working.]
If this list of keystrokes helps you half as much as it helped me, you are about to have a much, much better day. Enjoy!
(NOTE: You can also download this "Cheat Sheet" as a PDF.)
It looks like the page to which I was previously linking for Citrix and Microsoft Terminal Server/Remote Desktop hotkeys/keystroke combinations has gone bye-bye.
Rather than leave everybody hanging, here is the original list as found using the Internet Archive's WayBack Machine. Since Session Computing Solutions LLC was gracious enough to make the original list available, it was never my intention to paste it on my blog and claim it as my own. At this point, though, I haven't much point but to make it available here while giving full credit for it to the original page. The only changes I have made are a few tweaks (e.g. line-breaks, font style changes) that make it a little more readable.
[Also, from digging around a little on Citrix's site, it appears that you can make Windows hotkeys "pass-through" to the RDP session. I haven't tried this personally, but supposedly, if you follow the instructions here, you can get native hotkey combinations to be picked up by the remote OS instead of your local Windows. Please drop a comment to let me know if you get this working.]
If this list of keystrokes helps you half as much as it helped me, you are about to have a much, much better day. Enjoy!
(NOTE: You can also download this "Cheat Sheet" as a PDF.)
Terminal Server / Remote Desktop Client Shortcut Keys
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Thanks so much for this! I've just started at a new job and they have a Citrix ICA Client thing. Not being able to alt+tab was getting reeeally annoying :)
Hey, it's my pleasure Jemma. I was in the same boat as you not so very long ago. It seemed ridiculous to me that there wasn't some way to get standard hotkeys to work. After many serious doses of frustration, I found this list. As you can guess, that suddenly became a very happy day for me.
These keys are not useful for me.......we are using citrix metaframe and its open in our system as a virtual desktop basically that machine is on some other country and we are using it in our country so after login our system we have to login in remote system by using some login ID and password but there is ALT+TAB key is not working and we have to toggle on the windows many times........its citrix metaframe RDP client6269......is it possible u to provide me that shortcut keys, by using this i would be able to toggle on windows........i'll be thnkful to u...plz help me........
Hi,
I am very new to the ctrix environment.
Can you tell me how to switch from a full screen citrix session to my normal windows xp desktop?
Many Thanks
Thank you, Jemma.........
That was really relaxing after i found this link......i am a person who is completly used to keyboard and it has become very difficult to work with ICA without shorkut keys.....you made my day......:)
I totally know what you mean, Udaya. I only use my mouse when absolutely necessary.
I'm glad I could help!