May 17, 2011 – GUNNALAG

May 17, 2011Citrix

Citrix XenApp: Automate Conflict Free Drive Mapping

In XenApp user session, Citrix maps all of user local and network drives as network/shared drives in XenApp user session. Below are the various things that can count in to drive mappings and possible conflicts: User Local Drives User Network Drives User Home Drive from AD attributes during Citrix XenApp user logon process XenApp published application/automation/Scripts that needs to map a folder as drive While there are so many sources that can make XenServer to map user computer drives. You can control whether or not to allow user local/network drives to be mapped in XenServer user session. However, there isn’t […]

May 17, 2011PowerShell

PS Script to Map a Drive with Free Drive Letter in Descending Order

In various cases, you’d like to have a floating drive (created by subst) created with a XenApp User session and you’d need to overcome the drive letter conflict while setting up this. The easier option is to start checking the drive availability in the descending order and map the drive to a free letter. The preferable option is to have this done at the end of a user logon script so that you’ll get to the free drive letter to be used. Here is a quick PS code that can help you achieve this. PS Script: foreach ($letter in [char[]]([char]’Z’..[char]’A’)) […]

May 17, 2011Citrix

Troubleshooting Citrix XenApp Client Drive Mapping

This article highlights many common client drive mapping inquiries and issues along with their respective explanation or resolution. The management consoles may allow the configuration of policies to assist with some of the desired client drive mapping settings. Client Drive Mappings Do Not Create For Any User If the ICA-tcp port properties are set to "Inherit User Config" make sure the Active Directory profile for the users having the issue have the “Connect client drives at logon” box checked. (Which is the default setting.) Ensure the option to disable client drive mappings on the ICA-tcp listener in Terminal Services Configuration […]