Remote Desktop
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Excel 2016 window opened through RemoteApp always lost top level z-index position
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Acewind
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If more than two Excel 2016 windows are opened through RemoteApp, only one of them is operated, and the other Excel windows are minimized. When I drag and drop the mouse on the current Excel window, whenever the mouse goes out of the window area, other background windows will jump to the top, which may be a local application window or a RemoteApp window. Either way, the subsequent window displayed on the top layer does not get the input focus.
I have tried reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /f /v ForegroundLockTimeout /t REG_DWORD /d 0 within the rdp session.
The Problem still exists.
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Andy YOU 3,076 Reputation points2020-08-18T10:04:50.273+00:00 HI
It's a known issue. When you modify the reg, have you re-login?
Based on my research, someone replacing mstsc.exe and mstscax.dll from Windows 10 1703 fixes the z-order issue.
If neither of them works, I suggest you try MSRDC.exe
You can read about it here:
https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/windowsdesktop
https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/windowsdesktop-whatsnewReference document/link:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/cdf12bbc-ff78-4d6e-9e12-63f99ae4d511/w10-1709-remoteapp-popups-hidden-behind-main-window
https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/windowsdesktop
https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/windowsdesktop-whatsnew -
Acewind 41 Reputation points
2020-08-19T02:06:32.74+00:00 I have rebooted the client and the server host and even reinstalled, problem still exists. I have tried remotedesktop client 64bit, it also has the problem.
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Andy YOU 3,076 Reputation points
2020-08-19T10:39:25.9+00:00 HI
1.can you enter winver on client computer and RDsession host server then look the os version ?
2.did you use citrix or vmaware technology on your RDS environment ?
3.if we only install office2016 on test w2016 RDsession host server ,will the same issue "excel"issue happen？
server 2016 evaluations
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2016
4.did you try to change mouse and keyboard?is your issue related mouse cursor focus on backgroup window so that your front windows go to behind. -
Acewind 41 Reputation points
2020-08-22T09:04:47.317+00:00 - Client is windows 10 1809 and the server is windows 2016 Server (1607)
- I have never installed or used citrix and vmware on my RDS.
- Only office 2016 installed on w2016.
- I tested on several computers in our office with different mouses and keyboards, the problem never disappears.
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Andy YOU 3,076 Reputation points
2020-08-24T03:35:50.41+00:00 HI
5.are you using windows 10 1809 enterprise version not professional version ?
if we use win10 1903/1909/2004 to open the Excel remoteapp,will the same issue happen?
6.if we change cursor sensitivity to slow ,will the same problem happen?
https://jingyan.baidu.com/article/22a299b52501cd9e19376ad0.html
7.when you reproduce this issue, we can write down the system time and check if there is any information/waring/error happen at this issue time .
client win10
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