To set up Chrome Remote Desktop, you need to head over to. Handy if you own a desktop computer and are on a trip out of town but need to access the computer to retrieve a file you forgot to put in Google Drive. You can also use the service to access all the computers you own while unattended. If I tap the windows key with R, then it opens the start menu if the run dialog on the local computer, but only opens the start menu on the remote computer.You can use the service to support family and friends by securely connecting to their computer to help them out of a pickle. If I tap the windows key, it opens both start menus, the one on the local computer and the one on the remote computer, which is ok. I just tried it with the 'remote support' option, and same issue. I doubt it makes a difference here but i'm using 'remote access'. And remote support being more for you accessing other peoples computers and a temporary code set up. Remote access being more for you accessing your own computers. I understand that chrome remote desktop has two options. When I want it to be the case that doing winkey+R on the local computer's keyboard, brings up the run dialog box on the remote computer.

winkey+R on the local computer, then it brings up the run dialog on the local computer.

the computer you're connected from has a keyboard with the windows key on it, but if you do e.g. My question regarding chrome remote desktop, is how do you use the windows key in chrome remote desktop?Į.g. Neither computer has to run any server, so no port forwarding is necessary at the NAPT router. The computer to be viewed has to run some software and then it can be viewed from another computer from the chrome 'web browser'. Chrome remote desktop is like VNC or like Windows remote desktop.

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