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RemoteApp - auto open .rdp file
We managed to get RemoteApp working in Edge
We did this by forcing our RemoteApp login page to open in IE mode.
Microsoftelltommo The only browser that opened RDP files automatically was IE since it used the MSTSC ActiveX controls that knew how to call the RDC client to process it. With other browsers such as Chrome or the new Edge it going to hand it off to Windows to do a file association lookup when you select open but we do have a workaround. If you click on the 3 dots next to the downloaded RDP file you will see the option "Always open files of this type". If you choose that then select mstsc.exe it will then know just to call upon the RDC client to processes those files going forward.
JLouque Is there any way for an administrator to configure this option through policy, rather than requiring each user to set it individually?
According to a July 2020 reply in another thread controlling autoopen for file types via GPO was added in V85.
- JLouqueI've seen "Open With" done by GPO but to my knowledge I haven't seen it for "Always open files of this type"
