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How to keep task bar from shrinking when using remote desktop?

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Mar 15, 20264461 views
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I use Windows XP at work and at home. I connect to my PC at work from home using the Remote Desktop Connection application. At work, I run a lot of applications so I use two rows for program icons in my task bar. When I remote connect to my machine at work, the task bar resizes to 1 row. I should m…

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Fix for: How to keep task bar from shrinking when using remote desktop?

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This can happen if you have themes enabled on the target machine (in your office) and in your RDP settings you have themes disabled. This forces Windows to disable themes during the RDP session which includes resizing things like the taskbar.

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