What software can I use to control / remote desktop a raspberry pi from windows

Question

It is getting tiresome to switch HDMI connectors on one of my monitors between my windows desktop and raspberry pi. It also confuses Windows.

I am looking for something like TeamViewer, so that I can remote into the PI from Windows

There is this post but it's for multi-user access. I just need single-user access.

And I can use putty to SSH in, I would prefer to see the GUI desktop on the Pi.

Is there something available that will let me do this

There are multiple ways depending on what fits best your need. You could set-up a VNC server on the Pi or simply install and X-server on your Windows machine and then export your display through ssh to Windows and display GUI applications running on the Pi on Windows. — Robert, Oct 6, 2022 at 20:55
As you write you can use Putty (SSH), and you'd like something graphical, I assume you have X set up there – so you'd simply need a pendant to that on your Windows machine. You didn't write anything about license and price, hence just a few pointers: Mobatek's MobaXterm includes what you need (an X server, see !here. There's also Xming, and probably some more. — Izzy, Oct 7, 2022 at 6:57
For setting up and configure Raspberry Pi i had read a blog which is describing each and every step to be done. I guess it would help you. Raspberry Pi to laptop — Jonathan Luca, Nov 11, 2022 at 19:48

Mawg says reinstate Monica · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-12 10:05:32Z

I used TightVNC on my Pis*

It is free (gratis), has full remote desktop access and file transfer and a bunch of other features - read the full website.

If it's just a matter of

It is getting tiresome to switch HDMI connectors on one of my monitors between my windows desktop and raspberry pi. It also confuses Windows.

then for a few dollars you could get an AB box for a hardware solution.

(*) before I realised that my projects don't need an o/s and Linux was just getting in the way, so I switched to ESP32.

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