Problem using Initial Program and Remote app in RDP

[Masood <ma...@gmail.com>]

I am trying to use the initial program and Remote app feature of the
Guacamole to access my windows 10 education system.

I have given the full path of my application in the initial program
parameter. for example ‪C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe. But on
Remote access, it does not open my intended application. Am I missing some
settings here? Do i need to change some settings in windows 10? I tried
using only initial program but it still does not work.

If I use the remote app with initial program I get a black screen and it
disconnects after some time. I have set the applications as remote app using 
kim knight <http://www.kimknight.net/remoteapptool>   tool. I am only
setting the app as remote app without generating the rdp file or the Client
Connection file as he calls it. How we can access the remote app using
guacamole? From what I understand from his solution is that we need to save
and open the rdp file from other computers to access remote app. How this
feature will work using Guacamole? by just giving the Remote app name and
directory in settings with out rdp file?



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Re: Problem using Initial Program and Remote app in RDP

[vnick <vn...@apache.org>]

Masood wrote
> I am trying to use the initial program and Remote app feature of the
> Guacamole to access my windows 10 education system.
> 
> I have given the full path of my application in the initial program
> parameter. for example ‪C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe. But on
> Remote access, it does not open my intended application. Am I missing some
> settings here? Do i need to change some settings in windows 10? I tried
> using only initial program but it still does not work.

Well, I'm not sure about Windows 10 Education, but I know in the past
Microsoft did not support the Initial Program feature on the desktop
versions of Windows.  I've used the Remote App feature, however, several
times, and it seems to work fine.


> If I use the remote app with initial program I get a black screen and it
> disconnects after some time. I have set the applications as remote app
> using 
> kim knight <http://www.kimknight.net/remoteapptool>  
>  tool. I am only setting the app as remote app without generating the rdp
> file or the Client Connection file as he calls it. How we can access the
> remote app using guacamole? From what I understand from his solution is
> that we need to save and open the rdp file from other computers to access
> remote app. How this feature will work using Guacamole? by just giving the
> Remote app name and directory in settings with out rdp file?

For the Remote App feature, a couple of questions:
- How are you specifying the remote app in the Guacamole configuration?  I
believe the syntax of it is a little strange, not because of Guacamole, but
just how Windows does it - you specify it with something like
"||Application" where Application is the one you've defined in the tool. 
Can you confirm you're doing this?
- Can you put guacd into debug mode (guacd -L debug) and see if there are
any error messages?  The Remote App functionality requires that the FreeRDP
rail plugin be working and installed in the correct location.  The output of
the guacd log messages should help determine that.

-Nick



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Re: Problem using Initial Program and Remote app in RDP

[kaniass <n....@arcinfo.com>]

Same same for me :(



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Re: Problem using Initial Program and Remote app in RDP

[Masood Hussain <ma...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

First, test your remote app feature using the tool I mentioned in the First
mail. This feature does not work on the professional(pro) version of the
window. If you visit the site of Kim knight you will get all the details.
Generate a Rdp file using the tool. Just open the file and look at the
relevant information and fill the guacamole configuration page.

I was able to run as per my requirements. I think I used "alternate
shell:s:rdpinit.exe" as well in the config page.




On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 3:01 PM, vnick <vn...@apache.org> wrote:

> juddersnz wrote
> > Bump.
> >
> > I am also having this issue. Setting param
> > name="initial-program">C:Windows\notepad.exe
>
> >  doesn't run notepad on login, but loads the remote desktop.
>
> Does the Initial Program option work if you run it from either a Windows
> RDP
> client or the FreeRDP client (xfreerdp) against that same host?
>
> -Nick
>
>
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Re: Problem using Initial Program and Remote app in RDP

[vnick <vn...@apache.org>]

juddersnz wrote
> Bump. 
> 
> I am also having this issue. Setting param
> name="initial-program">C:Windows\notepad.exe

>  doesn't run notepad on login, but loads the remote desktop.

Does the Initial Program option work if you run it from either a Windows RDP
client or the FreeRDP client (xfreerdp) against that same host?

-Nick



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