TightVNC allows us to make a remote session full-screen, so that the remote screen takes up our entire monitor.
Under Windows XP, to "restore" (un-maximize) a full-screen session back into a windowed session, we would hit Alt-ESC (or the Windows key) to display our own taskbar, and then right-click on the TightVNC Viewer's taskbar icon where the pop-up menu would have a "restore" option. This entire pop-up menu appears to be gone under Windows 7. The only choice now is to close the session, but it remembers to show all future sessions in full-screen (!).
One nuisance caused by this problem is that I cannot drag the remote session onto my second monitor. Another is that I can't get to the Viewer toolbar and start a file transfer.
Is there a way to exit full-screen under Windows 7 with TightVNC Viewer?
Or, how can I reset this stored value so that I can see future remote sessions in a window?
6 Answers
To exit TightVNC's full screen on Windows 7:
Press all four keys: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F
5Press F8
3"You can enter and exit full screen mode using the toolbar at the top of the VNC viewer window. The F8 key can be used to hide and unhide this toolbar."
And... to force any future session to be windowed rather than full-screen:
Start TightVNC Viewer and enter your remote address, but before hitting the Connect button, open the Options dialog and de-select the Full Screen checkbox.
If you hover your mouse near the top of the screen in the middle, a menu will pop up with the full screen button on it. Click again to get out.
1Press the Start button, click once on the taskbar, move your cursor to the vncviewer to get the aero peek, right click in it and deselect Full screen. Voila!
I also had this problem - I was using TightVNC in another VNC session - so no control key presses went through. My solution was the following batch script on the host running the VNC Server:
net stop "TightVNC Server"
net start "TightVNC Server"Which disconnects you immediately and lets you connect again.
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