Category: Citrix

Symptoms • Citrix Presentation Server prevents the Explorer.exe from launching in shell mode. • Citrix Presentation Server incorporates a new feature which actively monitors whether or not the Explorer.exe is started within a published application and prevents this Explorer.exe from running in shell mode. • When performing the Search option within a published Internet Explorer, the following message is displayed: “The system cannot find the device specified.” Cause The functions in Windows Explorer: Explore, Open and Search; engage the full explorer shell. Because this call cannot be drawn by a single window, there are two choices: 1) Break out of […]

IE9 fails to launch Citrix Applications though 100% of launch.ica is downloaded Issue: This has been an issue with the XenApp applications when launched from IE9 with any version of Citrix Online Plug-in older than 12.1.44 version. Issue behavior: IE9 used to stuck up after 100% download of the file as it fails to launch the ica file. Workaround: A manual workaround is to trigger the fully downloaded ica file from the IE9 cache. Fix: Citrix now released a newer version of Citrix Online Plug-in that is 12.1.44 in which this issue has been addressed.   From Citrix KB CTX129082: […]

10.  Not Calculating Network Impact 9.   No Profile Strategy 8.   Lack of Application Virtualization Strategy 7.   Improper Resource Allocation 6.   Not Optimizing Antivirus 5.   Not Managing Boot Storms 4.   Ignoring Virtual Desktops Optimizations 3.   Not Enough Cache 2.   Default Controller Configuration 1.   Improper Storage Design   Reference file: XD – Top 10 Mistakes Identified When Doing Desktop Virtualization