When your desktop is selected, it stands to reason that typing Alt+F4 has the effect of telling Windows that you'd like to close Windows itself. If your a keyboard shortcut fan, you may have already known that Alt+F4 closes the currently selected Windows application. Whether it's installed on a PC, a server, or even in a VM (Virtual Machine)! Solution A - GUI + keyboard These two simple workarounds below are applicable to the following versions of Microsoft: Using RDP at right, choices are rather limited. This article is for sysadmins who know better, wanting to Shut down or Restart (or even enter Sleep) over RDP anyway! -) At left, user clicked on Start, Power, then has three choices. That assumption isn't always true for home labs or VMs. If something goes wrong, you're presumably not there to fix it. These intentional omissions protect you from yourself, since there's a risk when doing such power operations remotely. The Shut down and Restart options are removed from the Start Menu when you’re connected using Remote Desktop (aka Terminal Services), as pictured above. Posted by Paul Braren on (updated on Apr 6 2016) in

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