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Toolbox123
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RDS Desktop being presented when opening an app.

Hi All,

I have added Windows Explorer to the application pool.  Everything works great except that when they open Windows Explorer it presents the entire RDS server’s desktop.  They have full access to the RDS server and can even shutdown\restart it.  From a notebook, the Horizon client doesn’t show the desktop but through HTML it does.  On a smartphone the client and HTML both present the desktop.  This only happens with Windows Explorer, just wondering how to prevent this desktop access.

Thanks.

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techguy129
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add the parameter /separate on the published app:

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jonathanjabez
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Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) would launch the entire desktop on an RDS session for the user who has access to the RDS server. This is expected. What is the requirement to create Windows Explorer as a published app?

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Toolbox123
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The use of Windows Explorer was jus ta thought for sharing\grabbing files from network shares.

After some further playing around.  It turns out once you open windows explorer, even after you close it, subsequent apps will always open the full RDS desktop.

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techguy129
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add the parameter /separate on the published app:

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Toolbox123
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LOL!  I can't believe that's all it was.  Thanks!

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