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XenApp is application virtualization software produced by Citrix Systems that allows Windows applications to be accessed via individual devices from a shared server or cloud system.

XenApp was first released in 2008, but earlier versions of the product were called:

  • Citrix WinFrame Server
  • Citrix MetaFrame Server
  • Citrix Presentation Server
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Replacing windows extra large cursor file with one that is 30% larger (Server 2008 R2)

Currently have a client that has poor eyesight and needs everything on his screen larger than standard. The issue is when running a Citrix application [Xenapp], the mouse is not scaling properly. His local PC is set for 150% scaling with the mouse…
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Installing TortoiseSVN for specific users on Citrix XenApp

The question here is straight-forward: how do I install TortoiseSVN on Citrix XenApp so that only specific people can see/use the program, without a 2nd group of people even seeing that the program exists? Under Citrix's old MetaframeXP product,…
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Serving Applications from Linux server to Chromebooks/Browsers?

I'm looking for a way to serve desktop applications (RemoteApp style) to a Chromebook (or other web browser), but running on a Linux server. All of the systems I've come across thus far (XenApp, VMWare HorizonView) are for virtualising Windows apps.…
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Why does RDP Licensing, license the same device multiple times?

I've got a Citrix XenApp 6.5 Farm running on Win 2008 R2 Servers. I purchased 200 Device RDP/Remote App Licenses for ~200 users. We went with Device licenses, because most of the end users use the same machines. After 1 month of operating, we…
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Overhead of Perfmon -> direct to SQL Database

HI All, First up, I'm a total newb at Performance Monitoring. I'm looking to set up central performance monitoring of some boxes. 2K3 TS ( Monitor General OS Perf & Session Specific Counters ) 2K8 R2 ( XenApp 6 = Monitor General OS Perf & Session…
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Windows Server 2016 showing file association popup when users log in

I am currently building a new server for Citrix XenApp on Win 2k16, and we're being prompted with the box below: This is happening per user, so can be quite tedious. And the popup doesn't actually say the type of file it's trying to open which is…
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Force user to change AD password at logon before Explorer loads?

Background: In our environment, users log onto a Windows 7 PC and then launch a full-screen Citrix XenApp (same as Microsoft RDSH) desktop. Citrix Reciever with single-sign on is used to launch the XenApp desktop. All work is done within the XenApp…
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Citrix XenApp application not able to access Win7 - XPMode shared directory (access denied)

So many different layers, so much "fun" I'm trying to do something I shouldn't be doing, but I don't have any other choice at this point. We have old lab equipment with old software that will not run on Windows 7. We've had an XP computer (10+…
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Users lose file associations to programs on logout

OS: windows 2008 r2 with Xenapp 6.5. Scenario: Users wants to open the same type of files in different text editing programs (Gimp, notepad++, notepad etc). Issue: Users chose is not saved when they log out or it might be overwritten by another…
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Disable File Browsing Chrome/Firefox

Want to publish Firefox or Chrome in a XenApp/RDS environment. However, I can't find any central way to disable file browsing (ie. type c:\ in address bar). In fact, I can't find any great way in general to do this at all with these browsers. This…
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VB Application Crashes, but process continue to run

I have an issue in a Citrix environment in which a legacy VB application is published on the server. A problem I see is that occasionally it crashes, but the process for the application continues to run. The main problem here is that the rogue…
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How to correct "No value could be found for (Allowhotkey) that satisfies all lockdown requirements."?

After updating a Windows XP SP3 machine to Citrix Receiver v3.3, the user is unable to launch any published applications. The error they got is: No value could be found for (Allowhotkey) that satisfies all lockdown requirements.
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Best practice to connect to Citrix XenApp

What is best practice to connect to your Citrix XenApp servers? Putting the addresses of all servers in a client, or putting one dns entry with multiple a-records?
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Cannot use Citrix AppCenter to discover XenApp 6.5 farm

I'm going through the initial configuration of Citrix XenApp 6.5. I have two servers, a DC and the XenApp server. I created an OU XenApp, and a user "ctxadmin" on the DC. When configuring the XenApp farm I specific the admin user as DOMAIN\ctxadmin.…
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Citrix web interface with pass-through authentication displays no applications

I have a user who logs into our Citrix web interface with pass-through authentication. When she connects to the web site, it displays a message saying that no published resources can be found, and indeed it displays no application icons. But when I…
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