Category: Citrix

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]