Hyper-V and custom resolution

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I know this question has been asked many times (here and on TechNet), and the answer is usually "use RDP". But apparently, RDP is now the only option, and it's what I'm using.

My screen is an LCD TV with a resolution of 1360×768. Unfortunately, this resolution is apparently not supported; the closest I can get in a Windows 8 VM is 1366×768, and it adds scrollbars, which make it difficult to put the mouse in the corners to get at the start screen and charm bar… Smaller resolutions don't fill the screen, so it's also difficult to put the mouse in the corner.

Is there a way to set a custom resolution to fit my screen exactly ?

(note: I know it's not a Windows 8 problem, since I don't have this problem on my host machine which also runs Windows 8. I assume it's related to the display adapter used by Hyper-V, but there don't seem to be any options to change it)

Best Answer

Try opening the RDP session at the command line, specifying exactly the resolution that you want:

mstsc /v:WIN8_VM_HOSTNAME /w:1360 /h:768

Another approach that should match the local desktop size exactly, assuming that the LCD TV is your only monitor on the client machine, is as follows:

mstsc /v:WIN8_VM_HOSTNAME /span

If you want the RDP session to launch in full screen mode, add /f to the end of the command.

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