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elltommo
Brass Contributor
Feb 11, 2020
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RemoteApp - auto open .rdp file

Hi All,   When we log on to microsoft remoteapp and open an application from Edge the .rdp file doesn't auto-open. I am sure this is by design for security purposes. Is there a way we can specify t...
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    elltommo
    Feb 14, 2020

    We managed to get RemoteApp working in Edge :smile: We did this by forcing our RemoteApp login page to open in IE mode. 

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sipposa
Copper Contributor
Dec 23, 2020

Try this GPO setting, it works with RDWEB just nicely:

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-policies#autoopenfiletypes

 

I would also recommend setting AutoOpenAllowedForURLs for certain security considerations. Easiest way to do this is just to enter yourcompanydomain.com to the list without anything else and that's it.

 

However... This setting does not work with new RD Web Client for some reason:

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/remote-desktop-web-client-admin

 

With that Edge just downloads the file and does not auto open. Reason might be that Web Client generates URLs as blob:https:// instead of https://. So this is something that I think Microsoft should be fixing either at Edge or then with Web Client.

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