Thursday, August 16, 2012

Automatically add Remote App connector via command prompt in Windows 8

We've been using the Install-RADCConnection.ps1 (I don't remember where I came across it) script to add the remoteapp connector in Windows 7, but it doesn't work properly in Windows 8.  I've found that a simple change needs to be made.  On lines 40, 42, and 44 change the reference to $connectionKey to be $Id and it works properly.

I was receiving this error when I ran it on Windows 8:


C:\Windows\system32>powershell -File \\server\scripts\Install-RADCConnection.ps1 "\\server\scripts\webfeed.wcx"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Workspaces\Feeds\{50250AF5-D0E6-4ED5-BA69-D6CF96A7D55E}
Get-ItemProperty : Cannot find path 'C:\Windows\system32\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Workspaces\Feeds\{50250AF5-D0E6-4ED5-BA69-D6CF96A7D55E}'
because it does not exist.
At \\server\scripts\Install-RADCConnection.ps1:44 char:32
+         if ( ($connectionKey | Get-ItemProperty -Name URL).URL -eq $URL)
+                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Windows\syst...9-D6CF96A7D55
   E}:String) [Get-ItemProperty], ItemNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetIt
   emPropertyCommand

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Workspaces\Feeds\{50250AF5-D0E6-4ED5-BA69-D6CF96A7D55E}
Get-ItemProperty : Cannot find path 'C:\Windows\system32\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Workspaces\Feeds\{50250AF5-D0E6-4ED5-BA69-D6CF96A7D55E}'
because it does not exist.
At \\server\scripts\Install-RADCConnection.ps1:44 char:32
+         if ( ($connectionKey | Get-ItemProperty -Name URL).URL -eq $URL)
+                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Windows\syst...9-D6CF96A7D55
   E}:String) [Get-ItemProperty], ItemNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetIt
   emPropertyCommand


Connection setup failed.

Consult the event log for failure information:
(Applications and Services\Microsoft\Windows\RemoteApp and Desktop Connections).

Scripts Disabled
File \\server\scripts\Install-RADCConnection.ps1 cannot be loaded because
running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information, see
about_Execution_Policies at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.
    + CategoryInfo          : SecurityError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecord
   Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess

If you run in to that error, make sure you follow the steps in the link it provides to enable script execution.  We set ours at the GPO level.  http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh847748.aspx

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