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Start OneDrive when using a RemoteApp in WVD
We are in the process of documenting how to auto-start OneDrive in a Remote App scenario.
We will be documenting the following registry entry:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\RailRunonce
I believe this works the same as the regular run keys, except that anything listed under this key will be launched when the remote session starts.
What happens is that in a remote session, Explorer.exe is not used as the Windows shell. rdpshell.exe is run instead. rdpshell.exe does not process Run entries. It does do the RailRunonce key though.
I have exactly the same problem. WVD environment with Windows 10 multi-user session custom image (without O365 applications) with latest updates (including 1909 version). No FSLogix in place (we don't use O365 apps within th WVD environment).
Customer has an application (non Microsoft) and wants to access files to open from OneDrive. Installed the OneDrive per machine (latest version) and applied te following reg keys for silent account config;
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\OneDrive]
"SilentAccountConfig"=dword:00000001
"FilesOnDemandEnabled"=dword:00000001
And the following for remote apps;
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\RailRunonce]
"OneDrive"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft OneDrive\\OneDrive.exe\" /background"
On question, does the last registry key be a "REG_ZG" or a "REG_EXPAND_SZ" type?
Anyway, in both cases it is not working. If I go within the app to File > Open I see OneDrive, but it is not configured / user is not signed in. I also see the OneDrive system icon from the WVD environment in my local system tray (not logged in). If I publish OneDrive.exe as a RemoteApp and start this app, OneDrive is configired correctly and OneDrive files became also available in the first RemoteApp.
When publising the full desktop everyting is working fine!
One other problem that a have and wat Baljit montioned is the hang on "Preparing Windows". This will take up to 5 minutes! This problem is only with a RemoteApp and not with a Published Desktop. This problem started when installing the OneDrive per Machine installation. If I remove OneDrive from the Hostpool, the problem is gone. No strange errors in the EventLog.
Cannot find any info on what the value “2” means, maybe MS can comment?
- Thank you for your input..
I am trying to use One Drive as a File Explorer substitute.
The initial launch and setup works perfectly. But when you try to launch One Drive subsequently, it gets launched in the system tray with no option to relaunch it onto the Desktop in File Explorer view. This would allow the users to K access the files in network shares.
Will really appreciate if someone can confirm if this is possible and point me to the right direction. Hi,
In my case, I´m relying on sharepoint and synced document libraries for that. So remote users save their documents to the server´s onedrive (I have a per user installation, but will be trying the per machine installation soon on another implementation), onedrive syncs to sharepoint and SP syncs to the user´s workstation.
Hi,
I applied the 3 registry settings for One Drive. However when the app is selected it does not open as a window for the users as they need to do map to network drives. Is that possible to achieve?
RD
Marcel Biebricher That did the trick, thanks! More people on other forums are talking about this setting as well, however, as you mentioned no documentation about what the value 2 means.
