Remote Access on Windows with Powershell

To open Powershell, press + 'q' to open the search bar. Then type 'Powershell' and select it.

From Powershell, you can run ssh

Enabling remote graphics with powershell

Run the following command in Powershell. Restart powershell afterwards.

setx DISPLAY "localhost:0.0"

download and install xming.
Launch xming
Connect using powershell with ssh -Y username@lab.cs.swarthmore.edu

Note	Make sure you ssh using -Y to enable remote graphics

Troubleshooting

I get an error saying ssh is not recognized

ssh is not installed. link:https://www.howtogeek.com/336775/how-to-enable-and-use-windows-10s-built-in-ssh-commands/

I get an error saying CreateProcessW failed error:2 ssh_askpass: posix_spawn: No such file or directory Received disconnect from 130.58.68.163 port 22:2: Too many authentication failures

In powershell, run the following commands to work around the problem.

cd /
mkdir dev
cd dev
mkdir tty

I get an error saying `(atom:32253): Gtk-WARNING: 21:22:19.377: cannot open display:" when I try to launch Atom from Powershell.

Atom cannot be run from Powershell. You must run Atom locally and use ftp-remote-edit.

I get an error saying cannot open display when I try to run a graphics program.

Make sure that xming is running. Launch xming and then try again.

I get an error saying no display name and no $DISPLAY variable set when I try to run a graphics program.

Run the following command from Powershell

setx DISPLAY "localhost:0.0"

Then restart Powershell and xming.