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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.
Robin Hobo we have same problem. But this isn't a onedrive problem. For example we use printix in a environment with the same Railrunonce. Also in this case the first logon attempt is stuck. After that it's ok.
Anyone idea's?
I tried that. It seems like OneDrive still opens and hangs once for every user at first login. Is this script all you had to change to make it work?
We have been experiencing the same issues. We've tried using the reg keys however it doesnt work on the first login, it does then work if a user logs out and back in again.
The solution we have found is to publish a bat script as the remote app that launches the target app and also restarts the OneDrive sync client. This works on the first login from a clean profile:
@echo off cd "%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\" start wordpad.exe taskkill /F /FI "USERNAME eq %username%" /IM OneDrive.exe cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft OneDrive\" start OneDrive.exe /background exitWhile this is quite dirty but it certainly does the job, better than making all users login once and then log out and back in again for KFM and FoD to work.
