Remote desktop connection does not respond anymore (no more task bar)

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I have a remote desktop connection (from my home) to the company's server. On this I opened a Remote Desktop Connection Manager and inside this connect to a specific server.

I was busy copying a file but this task never ends. So I kill the process and now I have a blue screen and no more taskbar. Very frustrating. When I try CTRL+ALT+END (=CTRL+ALT+DEL) this is executed on the main server and not the server which gives me the blue screen. I don't know if I'm clear.

I know I should have keep Task Manager open and type Run… explorer.exe but I closed it.

Any help is really appreciated!

Best Answer

I get into this problem and I solved it this way:

  1. Close the RDC to the specific server (session keeps running).
  2. In the "proxy" server, open "Remote desktop service manager" (you can found it in Start menu, "Administrative tools", "Remote desktop services").
  3. In the management console, right click on the tree root ("Remote desktop service manager") and on the context menu click on "Connect to computer".
  4. Input the specific server name or address and connect.
  5. When connected, you can see your session in the main panel of the console. Select it and choose "Close session" from right panel.

Now you can connect to the specific server using RDC and a new session will open and you will have the task bar.