Windows 11 Remote Connection with Windows App for Mac

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Windows 11 Pro for Workstations 24H2, with Remote Desktop enabled, by running SystemPropertiesRemote.exe:

Windows - Remote Desktop

In addition, remote desktop login have been verified with Microsoft Account. Open Windows Powershell, and run with winver (Windows Version):

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PS C:\Users\terre> runas /u:MicrosoftAccount\terrence.miao@paradise.net winver
Enter the password for MicrosoftAccount\terrence.miao@paradise.net:
Attempting to start winver as user "MicrosoftAccount\terrence.miao@paradise.net" ...

However, Windows App for Mac Error 0x4:

Windows App - Error 0x4

Error 0x204:

Windows App - Error 0x204

thrown when try to connect.

Clear the Windows App’s cached connection data on the Mac — this is the fix that repeatedly resolves this specific symptom (port open, still Error 0x204).

Quit Windows App, then in Finder go to ~/Library/Group Containers/, and delete the UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc folder.

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$ cd ~/Library/Group Containers/

$ find UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/com.microsoft.rdc.macos.spotlight-data.sqlite
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/.com.microsoft.rdc.macos.spotlight-data_SUPPORT
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/.com.microsoft.rdc.macos.spotlight-data_SUPPORT/_EXTERNAL_DATA
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/SupportingImages
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/SupportingImages/60F6F8E6-5473-4487-B437-B1BCC23EEF5A
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/SupportingImages/65A8F32C-3F7B-432F-A946-E97F722C8130
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/SupportingImages/0737CEA8-2677-43CA-B662-438BDCAF5DEF
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/SupportingImages/FD13A9BC-25C9-414F-89A1-11B846D8B8D5
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/SupportingImages/3A4B24DC-F7A8-47FA-9AE4-57E3D7ABBCB2
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/SupportingImages/36F64D9D-96BF-4191-9E98-7B6B91461D82
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/SupportingImages/BE2BC0D9-3D69-4C36-86D6-C55D934A11AB
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/SupportingImages/1706DE71-50EA-4527-A176-20A6AEF628CF
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/SupportingImages/3DD0E565-26FC-4453-91D8-CEAE7C59F1DA
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/SupportingImages/D48EB89B-8859-4CED-AC20-4D04EF771D0C
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/SupportingImages/5256BC0C-1017-479B-BEE9-3C33C53644DA
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/SupportingImages/B7BA47B7-5D51-4841-8B5E-63AFFE6E8DBA
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/com.microsoft.rdc.macos.spotlight-data.sqlite-wal
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Support/com.microsoft.rdc.macos.spotlight-data.sqlite-shm
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Preferences
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Scripts
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Application Scripts/UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/Library/Caches
UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc/.com.apple.containermanagerd.metadata.plist

$ rm -rf UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.rdc

Now can connect Windows Remote Desktop, hostname is Aorus, but keep failing on the incorrect credentials with username Terrence Miao:

Windows App - Certificate

Windows App - Incorrect Credentials

Setting up username as Aorus\terrence.miao@paradise.net does the trick, with Windows-style local account.

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