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How to trigger a 'CTR + ALT + DEL' in an Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) session.

Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE in an RDP session

There are multiple ways to trigger CTR+ALT+DEL over an RDP session.


Command / Run Box

Open the Windows Run box by right clicking on the Windows icon and selecting run or by pressing Win+r and running the command below.

C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:::{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}

This command could also be run in PowerShell


Key Combination

Another way to press Ctr+Alt+Del in a RDP session is to use the key combination Ctr+Alt+End.

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