Server 2016 remote desktop fix
Note: These instructions assume you will run Group Policy Management from a different server than the server affected by the corrupted color scheme. SOLUTION #1 (Most Likely To Work For All Users)Ĭhange the default theme via registry push. Solution #1 seems to work best, but I suggest applying both solutions to cover all the bases. How do we get back to the default color scheme? There are two possible solutions that I have found. But, because this is a remote desktop server in a remote desktop collection, we want the experience to be the same on all servers.
Sure, you can select one of the other Color schemes and that makes things better. OK, so there are a few options in the Color scheme drop down menu.
#SERVER 2016 REMOTE DESKTOP FIX WINDOWS#
By default, the color scheme is set to Windows Basic and it says “This page is not available in this edition of Windows.” Again, lovely. Go to Control Panel | Display | Color and Appearance (or Change windows colors).
So, you’d think all you need to do is go to the control panel and change the color scheme, right? You’d be wrong. And of course the menu is white text on black. Ugh, what the hell am I supposed to do with that?! As you can see, white text on white background, except for when you click on an item. Lovely! Normally this entire window should be a white background and all text should be either black or dark blue. White and yellow text on black background on the right pane along with a green Apply button. In the above example, yellow text on white background on the left pane.