RG-DesktopLink›Everyday use

Use another PC's screen

2 min read · Applies to RG-DesktopLink 0.9.4 on Windows 10 and 11

Sometimes you do not want the cursor to travel: you want the other PC's whole screen in front of you. Double-click its screen on the office desk.

Open it

• On the office desk, double-click a screen of another PC, or right-click it → Open full screen.
• It opens in its own window, full screen and live. Your mouse and keyboard work in it.
• F11 switches between full screen and a window; Alt+F4 closes it.
• Drop files on it from a folder of this PC: they go to that PC, into Downloads\RG-DesktopLink, the same as Send files.

Whole screens are captured the way remote-desktop programs do it, without the yellow frame that Windows 10 draws around captured screens.

When to use it

• The PC's monitor is in another room, or switched off.
• The PC is not on the desk, for example one on another network: there, the full-screen view is the way to use it.
• You need to see the lock screen, the sign-in after a restart, or a "Do you want to allow…" question of that PC (below).

Locked PCs, sign-in and UAC

With the agent service installed (ticked by default in the setup), the full-screen view also shows a locked PC, so you type its password from here; its sign-in screen after a restart; and its "Do you want to allow this app to make changes?" questions, so you click Yes or No from here. See Lock screen, sign-in and UAC.

Keep a screen private

Far from the office? Remote access by ID shows a PC's screen from anywhere, and the phone shows it on the go.