How to send Ctrl-Break from Remote Desktop Connection Client?

Question

I am connecting to a Windows XP machine via Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection Client, version 2.0.0 Beta 3, running on a Mac. On the Windows machine there is a Java console running, where I want to send a Ctrl-Break so I can see the Java threads running.

According to the RDC help, Alt/Option-F3 is break, but Ctrl-Opt-F3 and various other combinations do not have an effect.

Any ideas on how to send a Ctrl-Break?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hit CTRL+ALT+END instead.

Answer 2

This is a good reference....

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000570.html

Answer 3

Still would like to see a way to send Ctrl-Break from a Mac Book Pro to a Windows machine via RDP for Mac. Trying the default key assignment (Option-F3) doesn't work and re-assigning the key doesn't seem to work either. If anybody has successfully sent a Ctrl-Break using the RDP client on a Mac, I'd love to hear how you did it. Google searches have been fruitless so far.

Answer 4

I don't know if this help anyone, but i was trying to debug a vba project and had this same problem. That is how i ended up here to begin with. I used the "On-Screen Keyboard" in Accessories->Accessibility

Hope this helps someone.

Answer 5

Ctrl+Alt+End doesn't work on a macbook: no End key. The "On-Screen Keyboard" did the trick though. Thanks!

Answer 6

try ctrl + F15, work for me