Multiple languages, regional options and keyboard layouts with Citrix and AppSense

 AppSense, Citrix, Microsoft, XenApp  11 Responses »
Jan 302012
 

Lately I’ve been implementing a new Citrix XenApp 6.5 environment for a large international customer.
Because the environment will be used by people from all over the world, the customer requested to have multiple language packs installed and all users should get their correct language settings, regional options and keyboards at logon according to their active directory security group memberships.
I remember from back in the days on windows 2003 this could be a nightmare, but on windows 2008 R2 with a few registry keys in AppSense and some GPO’s it’s quite easy to get this right. Continue reading »

Change the text size in a remote desktop session

 Applications, Citrix, Microsoft, XenApp  54 Responses »
Dec 212011
 

When connected to a Windows 2008 R2 remote desktop session, you cannot change the size of the text on your screen (font size / DPI settings).
If you go to “Control Panel” – “Display” you see the message: “the display settings can’t be changed from a remote session.”.

Especially for users with large screens and large resolutions, this can be a real problem. Continue reading »

Personalizing the default printer when using Citrix session printers and AppSense Personalization

 AppSense, Citrix, Printing  4 Responses »
Dec 142011
 

Personalizing Citrix session printers for your users will not work out of the box with AppSense Personalization.
As described in http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX107415, session printers are deleted at logoff and therefore AppSense Personalization will not capture the user’s default printer.

To personalize the user’s default printer with AppSense Personalization you have to apply a small workaround. Continue reading »

AppSense Personalization additional registry keys overview

 AppSense  11 Responses »
Nov 292011
 

Although AppSense Personalization works almost “out of the box”, there are still a couple of user settings which do not persist after a log off.

I revisited my old list of registry keys and hiving actions and tested them out with AppSense Environment Manager 8.2 on a Windows 7 client machine.
The list below is an overview of the settings that did not persist. Add the registry keys you need to your session data (or desktop settings, if you have an older version of AppSense) to make the setting persist. Continue reading »