# Desktop Usage

**URL:** <https://community.automationedge.com/t/desktop-usage/2687>\
**Category:** Get Help & Discuss\
**Tags:** rpa\
**Created:** [November 11, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/desktop-usage/2687 "2020-11-11T10:27:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![gahana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gahana](https://community.automationedge.com/u/gahana)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/desktop-usage/2687/1 "2020-11-11T10:27:28Z")

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Hello Team,

I have a doubt regarding the usage of desktop plugins.  
I am trying to connect to a remote desktop and perform some activities in that machine but i did successfully connect to remote desktop but i am not able to perform any activity in that machine. Is there any way to achieve this scenario?

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**Author:** ![fbaldin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.automationedge.com/fbaldin/32/99_2.png) [@fbaldin](https://community.automationedge.com/u/fbaldin)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/desktop-usage/2687/2 "2020-11-12T15:34:18Z")

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@gahana When you connect to a machine using RDP, in fact, what you see is a streaming of the image from the host machine.

Therefore you can’t interact with any element through RDP sessions, you can use Surface Steps to interact, however, I don’t consider this scenario a good practice in automation since the reliability of your bot will be deeply impacted.