seamless and remote app setup

[rick_mapcentrix]

I am running a trial of tsplus on Win Server 2012 Essentials. So far, very impressive!

I would like to assign a user or group to a specific app so that when they log in my app opens and they have no other access to the server.

On the server, I opened Assign Application, selected the user and checked my app - nothing else is selected.

Then on the remote client, I use the Windows 7 Pro Remote Desktop Connection to log in as this client, but I only get the standard RDP desktop - the application I assigned to this user does not open.

How do I do this correctly?

-Rick

[admin]

Hello,

Were you successful at launching your app with this user in a full desktop environment ? Usually when an error occurs after assigning a single app to a user a full desktop is launched instead. Most frequently this is a NTFS right issue, or some configuration is missing for this user.

If you want to secure your server to prevent your users to access a full desktop I recommend you to use the remote taskbar or the floating panel.

A tutorial video of the Floating panel use : youtu.be/lLxxXTKvSqA
and another one for the remote taskbar : youtu.be/LcnIg6YYvyo

[rick_mapcentrix]

Yes, once I am connected and can see the MS RDP desktop, I can open the file explorer and successfully run the app that I have assigned to the user.

Is the MS RDP taking over from TSPlus? Do I need to disable the Microsoft RDP on the server?

[admin]

Hello,

You do not need to disable RDP from the server, however some application need the full desktop (explorer.exe process dependency) to run properly and therefore cannot be launched as a single and unique application. This is why I suggested you earlier to test this application with the use of the remote taskbar or floating panel.

[rick_mapcentrix]

Yes, when I do the web access, I get a server desktop with my app in one of the boxes. When I click, it opens the app.

The app is a windows WPF application that has an embedded Internet Explorer 10 control. Could this cause the problem?

[rick_mapcentrix]

More info...

I changed the settings for the user to exclude my program and show the floating toolbar, file transfer and notepad. I still get the Windows desktop when I open.

Do I have to restart anything when I make these changes for them to take effect?

[rick_mapcentrix]

I uninstalled, rebooted and then re-installed.

Now it works as expected. I assigned my app to a user and now when I log in as that user my program opens automatically.

-Rick

[admin]

Hello,

Glad you figured it out, the app you did have to reinstall was TSplus ? Sometimes the solution is so simple we can't just see it !

[rick_mapcentrix]

Yes, I reinstalled TSPlus.

Then I assigned my application to a user so that when a user logged in, my app was automatically started.

Rick