Day: May 17, 2011

CMSTART is the initial process that is run after a user authenticates. It is called by winlogon. Cmstart.exe is a process that runs when you log on to the MetaFrame server. It is associated with Wfshell.exe and Icast.exe. This is controlled by the follow registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinLogon Value of AppSetup 1. Cmstart starts the client manager file Cltmgr.exe (checks the client version upgrades if needed). It is possible that the ICA Client Update Database may be growing large. Disable the ICA Client Automatic Updates to see if the logon process is quicker. 2. Cmstart looks for applications under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunOnce […]

For best practices, Citrix recommends that you install all applications on the primary system drive. By packaging and executing using the primary system drive, you define a set of criteria that best associates a given target with a given user device. The system drive letter must be a match between the target and the user device drive for a target to be the correct match for executing an application. There is no provision for the system drive to be variable. The system drive used on the profiler workstation must match the system drive on the user device. To support user […]

Dynamic client drive mapping enables virtual desktops to access mass storage devices, such as USB flash drives, configured on the endpoint. The virtual(not local) desktop is responsible for controlling USB drives and displaying them in the user interface. When a USB drive is connected to an endpoint, it is automatically mounted and freely accessible. For any given USB drive, the same drive letter is used by both the virtual and the local desktop as long as the virtual and local drive letters do not conflict. Note: USB drives accessed using dynamic client drive mapping are treated as network drives. For […]