title: Azure VM via RPD shows black screen and cmd only
body: <p>I have an Azure Virtual Machine. When I log in through RDP I can see only black screen and CMD console is opened. Is it possibile that there is no explorer?</p>
  
  <pre><code>VM OS spec:
  Operating system: Windows
  Publisher: MicrosoftWindowsServer
  Offer: WindowsServerSemiAnnual
  SKU: Datacenter-Core-1803-with-Containers-smalldisk
  Version: latest 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have tried multiple things:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Connect RDP through 3 different apps (Windows Remote Desktop Connection, Windows Remote Desktop Connection Manager, Remote Desktop Manager)</li>
  <li>Opened RDP session with lower resolutions.</li>
  <li>Opened RDP session with lower color depth.</li>
  <li>Opened RDP session without bitmap caching.</li>
  <li>When I press CRTL-ALT-END i can see console LogonUI.exe <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/COudv.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/COudv.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></li>
  <li>When I try add new task through TaskManager (File->Run new task -> explorer.exe) I got error <code>Windows cannot find explorer.exe</code> <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zcdRQ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zcdRQ.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a> </li>
  <li>When I navigate to C:\Windows where explorer should be installed, there is no explorer.exe. <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/e883I.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/e883I.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></li>
  </ol>