Deploy and manage virtual applications - Managing Enterprise Devices and Apps - page 27

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Installing an application on a Remote Desktop Session Host is not like installing an applica-
tion on a traditional desktop. Remote Desktop Session Hosts operate in two modes, install
mode and execute mode. The server must be placed into install mode to install multiuser
applications properly. In install mode, Windows ensures that the appropriate registry entries
and initialization (.ini) file settings are configured for the application to function in multiuser
environments. After the application is successfully installed, the server must be returned to
execute mode. You can change the mode of the server in two ways:

To use the command prompt, from a command prompt,

Use the command prompt ■

perform these steps:
a. Use the change user /install command to place the server into install mode.

Install the application. B.

Use the change user /execute command to return the server to execute mode so
that users can access the application.

C.

Use Control Panel The Programs section of Control Panel lists the Install
Application On Remote Desktop applet. This applet starts a wizard that automatically
puts the server into install mode and then prompts for the location of the application's
installation executable file. The administrator installs the application and completes the
wizard. This returns the server to execute mode.

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Publishing and coniguring RemoteApps
The session collection interface in Remote Desktop Management Service (RDMS) provides a
link for you to publish RemoteApp programs, or you can publish from the link on the Tasks
drop-down menu. Clicking the Publish RemoteApps Programs link starts the Publish
RemoteApp Programs Wizard. The wizard presents a list of all the default applications that
are available for publishing. Other applications must be mapped by manually adding the path
to the executable file that starts the program.
After the applications are published, you can configure them further by editing the
application properties:
■ Choose whether to show the remote application in RD Web Access. By default, the set-
ting is Yes.
■ Create web folders by typing the name of the folder you want to create.
■ Assign command-line parameters.
■ Restrict access to the remote application to specific users or groups. By default, all
users who can access the collection have access to the application.
■ Set file type associations for the remote application. File type associations apply only
to users who are connected by the RemoteApp and Desktop Connections feed. Users
who are connected by RD Web Access cannot use file type associations.