RemoteApp: file types association

aleksandr sinyavskiy 21 Reputation points
2020-08-28T09:33:27.577+00:00

I have some troubles setting FTA for published RemoteApps in my Windows 2016 RDS deployment.

Published MS Project RemoteApp has associated .mpp 'MSProject.Project.9' file type with it with no efforts.
But published AutoCAD 2021 RemoteApp does not have an option to associate .dwg file type with it.

I tried different Windows operating systems as RDSH hosts: there are two physical computers with installed Windows 2016 Std and Windows 2019 Std and two virtual machines (Windows 2016 and Windows 2019 also) in my deployment.

Only one variant allows me to make the thing work: installed AutoCAD 2021 in Windows 2019 Std on physical computer. Other three variants has failed.
The fiield named 'Select the file types to associate with this RemoteApp program' is empty. There is no single file type in it to select.
All four AutoCAD installations are made from the same image and with the same options.

I wonder what does it depend on if a file type makes itself visible in that 'File Type Association' section of RDS settings?

PS: When I log in locally in any of those four computers, i see .dwg files associated with AutoCAD and opens normally by double clicking on them.

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  1. gp 1 Reputation point
    2021-05-05T17:55:42.223+00:00

    Would really appreciate a solution - how does one add choices to the remoteapp file type association UI for setting the file type. The applications on my RDS server do not seem to offer the filetypes they use. The select boxes are empty just as described above

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  2. sclga 1 Reputation point
    2020-10-28T11:40:18.357+00:00

    Understood. In the case of a Notepad++, it was necessary to synchronize the parameters between sections: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes.conf]
    @="conf_auto_file"

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\conf_auto_file]

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\conf_auto_file\shell]

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\conf_auto_file\shell\open]

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\conf_auto_file\shell\open\command]
    @="\"C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe\" \"%1\""

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\notepad++.exe]

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\notepad++.exe\shell]

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\notepad++.exe\shell\open]

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\notepad++.exe\shell\open\command]
    @="\"C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe\" \"%1\""

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  3. sclga 1 Reputation point
    2020-10-28T07:33:06.327+00:00

    Hello Alexander, I have the same problem. Did you find a solution?

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-31T07:09:34.783+00:00

    Hello @aleksandr sinyavskiy ,

    How about using group policy by entering the RemoteApp Connection Default URL?

    \Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\RemoteApp and Desktop Connections
    Specify default connection URL

    Or publish file type associations for your RemoteApp programs:
    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-and/windows-server-2012-remoteapp-and-desktop-connections-default/ba-p/247680

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/remotedesktop/set-rdfiletypeassociation?view=win10-ps

    Best Regards,
    Karlie

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