This is my first attempt at setting up and using Published apps. I really wanting to get away from having users connecting direct to the terminal server using standard RDP sessions.
I have a 2008 R2 terminal server setup (also the web server for the RD Web Access), and I am able to run programs installed on the terminal server through the RD Web Access from a Win 7 desktop, as long the target exe of the application resides on the C drive of the terminal server (an example is Adobe Reader).
I have an application/client that is required for our MRP system, which installs some required files locally and creates a folder in the programs directory of the terminal server. This application (really a shortcut) requires a drive on the terminal server to be mapped to the actual MRP system server’s (2003 R2) data share, because the shortcut points to a GUI exe in the MRP servers shared directory as well as the configuration file for the GUI.
Application Shortcut (terminal server programs folder) ---------->\\MRP Server\share\gui.exe (via mapped drive on terminal server)
I can add this application (shortcut) as a RemoteApp Program, but when I try to run it from RD Web Access, I get an RemoteApp Error message that says, “The program did not start on the remote computer. For assistance, contact system administrator.” I also noticed that the application’s icon no longer the program icon (in the RD Web Access page), but looks like a RDP icon instead.
I have also tried creating a batch file that runs a script to map the drive with a delay of 10 seconds, then it starts the application. The batch file runs perfectly when executed on the terminal server, but I get the same error message when run from RD Web Access.
Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening and what I can do to get the application to run?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.