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Matt_OCC
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Apr 03, 2020

Cameras To Redirect Custom RDP Property Does not Work

In mstsc.exe, under Local Resources > More.. there is an option for Video capture devices.  Which lists my webcam and Devices that I plug in later.  I have determined that this option the an RDP file...
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Windows Server
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Ryan_Janssen
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Apr 06, 2020

We have exactly the same issue, is there already a solution for this?

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Ryan_Janssen
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Apr 06, 2020

I have found a solution for this:

Go to the following location
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal Server\CentralPublishedResources\PublishedFarms<Farm Name>\RemoteDesktops<Resource Name>\RDPFileContents

Export the registry file with the program O&O Regeditor.
Make a copy of your backup and edit the copy.
Add the following line to the config: camerastoredirect:s:* with notepad plus plus
Save the file
Import the reg file with O&O Regeditor  

 

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    RoanPaes
    Copper Contributor
    May 05, 2020

    Ryan_Janssen  Thanks for the tip. 

    I actually had to create a VBscript because notepad++ wasn't breaking the lines properly.

    I'll put the script on my GitHub repo this weekend. 

    https://github.com/roanp/RDS-SwissKnife

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      Matt_OCC
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      May 19, 2020

      Ryan_Janssen So editing this does not invalidate the signing of the rdp file when it is downloaded?  I suppose that this will need to be updated if the feed settings are ever updated by an admin

       

      RoanPaes I don't see a script in the github repository you mention.  But I believe using get-itemproperty and set-itemproperty with $value += "camerastoredirect:s:*`n" should be sufficient

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        Matt_OCC
        Copper Contributor
        May 19, 2020

        I was able to run this powershell command on each connection broker and it was able to work.  I would also still run the Set-RDSessionCollectionConfiguration command for the custom value as well.

         

        <collection alias> would be the value of CollectionAlias from Get-RDSessionCollection

         

         

        $alias = <collection Alias>
$RDPFileContents = (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal Server\CentralPublishedResources\PublishedFarms\$alias\RemoteDesktops\$alias\").RDPFileContents
$RDPFileContents += "camerastoredirect:s:*`n"
Set-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal Server\CentralPublishedResources\PublishedFarms\$alias\RemoteDesktops\$alias\" -Name RDPFileContents -Value $RDPFileContents

         

         

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