Client Connection Manager in Windows Server 2003?

Hi

I have been trying to mirror some Windows 2000 server behavior in Windows
2003 server with little success ! Here's the scenario:

In Windows 2000 server, I used Client Connection manager to create a new
connection and set it to open a particular batch script which in turn loads
an application (say AutoCAD). So whenever I connect to this connection, say
'foo' it opens up a terminal services client window with AutoCAD running on
it. There is no 'Start' button or 'taskbar' running on the terminal window,
only the AutoCAD application.

I tried to mirror this behavior using Remote Desktop Connection in Windows
Server 2003 but with limited success ! The batch script does not get
executed when the connection is connected to. Instead a terminal window
shows up with the view of the desktop (as seen when I otherwise log into the
computer). I also see the 'Start' button and the taskbar in the bottom of
the screen alongwith all the shortcuts placed on the desktop. In order to
get the batch script to run when the terminal window shows up, I copied a
shortcut to the batch script in the Start Menu\Programs\Startup folder. This
worked but I still see the Start and taskbar. So effectively I have
"desktop sharing" while I only want "application sharing" i.e. clients
should only see the application (AutoCAD in this case) and not have access
to my desktop files and start options.

Can anyone suggest a way to resolve this problem ? Am I using the correct
software (Remote Desktop Connection) for what I want to achieve or is there
an alternative available ? Any help/hints on how to proceed would be highly
appreciated... Thanks.

You can define a Starting application in several ways:

1. in the rdp client - Options - Programs
2. on the TS, in Terminal Services Configuration - rdp-tcp -
properties
3. in a Group Policy

With all three options, you have to make sure that you use the
correct path to the batch script.
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"Navodit" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote on 27 sep 2006 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hi
>
> I have been trying to mirror some Windows 2000 server behavior
> in Windows 2003 server with little success ! Here's the
> scenario:
>
> In Windows 2000 server, I used Client Connection manager to
> create a new connection and set it to open a particular batch
> script which in turn loads an application (say AutoCAD). So
> whenever I connect to this connection, say 'foo' it opens up a
> terminal services client window with AutoCAD running on it.
> There is no 'Start' button or 'taskbar' running on the terminal
> window, only the AutoCAD application.
>
> I tried to mirror this behavior using Remote Desktop Connection
> in Windows Server 2003 but with limited success ! The batch
> script does not get executed when the connection is connected
> to. Instead a terminal window shows up with the view of the
> desktop (as seen when I otherwise log into the computer). I also
> see the 'Start' button and the taskbar in the bottom of the
> screen alongwith all the shortcuts placed on the desktop. In
> order to get the batch script to run when the terminal window
> shows up, I copied a shortcut to the batch script in the Start
> Menu\Programs\Startup folder. This worked but I still see the
> Start and taskbar. So effectively I have "desktop sharing" while
> I only want "application sharing" i.e. clients should only see
> the application (AutoCAD in this case) and not have access to my
> desktop files and start options.
>
> Can anyone suggest a way to resolve this problem ? Am I using
> the correct software (Remote Desktop Connection) for what I want
> to achieve or is there an alternative available ? Any help/hints
> on how to proceed would be highly appreciated... Thanks.