Category: Desktop

Citrix, Desktop, Repackaging

Fix: Microsoft Office 2010 Outlook 2010 Mouse Cursor/Pointer Display Issue in XenApp Session

Scenario: When you setup Outlook 2010 in Citrix XenApp Server Desktop session and you launch the application for the first time within the session as end user.  You configure the Outlook to use the ‘No email support’ and use the ‘recommended settings’.  You notice that your mouse Cursor/Pointer Display doesn’t appear in Outlook application though it just works fine for other applications in the same server desktop session.   Fix: < p>Have the Outlook launched as the end user at least once in a full desktop (RDP or runas) locally on the server. So that Outlook will have all of […]

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Desktop

Google Chrome: Your profile could not be opened correctly.

Error: ————————— Google Chrome ————————— Your profile could not be opened correctly. Some features may be unavailable. Please check that the profile exists and you have permission to read and write its contents. ————————— OK —————————     Fix: This can happen if the Chrome is unable to spawn it’s default tab chrome sub-process which actually load the user profile. < p>Most possible that you are launching the chrome from a thin session clients like XenApp which doesn’t support Chrome to load fully.  In case you are using XenApp, you need to conver your app into Server Desktop so that  […]

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Desktop, Scripting

Scripting Automation of Chrome Actions

Chrome Setup: The default browser based install of the Chrome installs browser for that user only.  To have chrome installed for all users and be able to manage it, you have to install a standalone version of Chrome browser that installs for all users on a system.   Browser based install places chrome in: C:Users<username>AppDataLocalGoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe Standalone installer places chrome in: "C:Program Files (x86)GoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe"   Scripting Automation: To start Chrome with launch/load of a website automatically: Start chrome exe with URL, examples below: "C:Program Files (x86)GoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe" www.microsoft.com "C:Program Files (x86)GoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe" http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx "C:Program Files (x86)GoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe" http://testserver/mysite/logon.aspx launch the shortcut with the URL […]

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