I'm using Windows 2008 R2 server and am trying to get it to launch a program automatically when a user logs in via Remote Desktop. RDP will bring up the desktop, and the program runs perfectly when launched from the desktop.
However, I want it to run automatically when the user logs in. I have configured everything to run a specific program, from the user login credentials, the RD session manager, Group Policy, everything… but the program will not launch and the desktop always comes up instead.
I found a HOT FIX on Microsoft’s site that supposedly fixed this issue, however, it did nothing after installing. Has anyone successfully gotten this to work?
Best Answer
I was able to find the solution to this problem.
Even though remote desktop allowed us to remote in and launch programs manually, it would not automatically launch programs until we installed the Remote Desktop Services role in the server manager. Seems like a no-brainer, but after configuring everything and being able to log in over RDP, we assumed the RDP role was functional.