Can a file be directly opened by RemoteApp, by modifying/adding settings in the rdp file?

Question

When I connect to RemoteApp using a .rdp file, I want it to immediately open a certain file from the remote path I specified in the .rdp file. Is this possible?

If yes, is it also possible to open a file stored on the client?

Answer 1

Hello there,

Remote Applications run on the terminal server, not on the local machine. So, even though it now looks like the app is running locally, it is still running on the terminal server. Therefore, there is no way to have a file to program association from a file on the terminal server to a program on your local system.

You can have your local disks shared with the remote system, but that doesn't mean it can execute applications. If you dig down into the bowels of the system, you will find that the association between a file type and an application is a registry key. That can only point to the system on which it is defined. So, you have to have the application installed on the terminal server.

Similar discussion here

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/d7dc75b0-5fd0-42b4-b8a9-3f1c1bac4dc0/remoteapp-open-documents-on-the-client?forum=winserverTS

Hope this resolves your Query !!

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Answer 2

Open .rdp in notepad and add this line:
drivestoredirect:s:C:;DynamicDrives

It will connect you C and other plug-n-play drives into remoteapp session.