Can RDP clients launch remote applications and not desktops

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Can RDP clients launch a remote application and then only display that application (and not the desktop)? The application would appear fullscreen within the client and if the application were closed the session would end.

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"alternate shell" doesn't seem to work anymore in recent versions of Windows, RemoteApp is the way to go.

remoteapplicationmode:i:1
remoteapplicationname:s:Purpose of the app shown to user...
remoteapplicationprogram:s:C:\...\some.exe
remoteapplicationcmdline:s:

To get this to work under e.g. Windows 10 Professional, one needs to enable some policy:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services]
"fAllowUnlistedRemotePrograms"=dword:00000001

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C# Custom Remote Desktop Client using RDP 8.0

Solved this problem!

Just try to use AxMSTSCLib.AxMsRdpClient8NotSafeForScripting instead of AxMSTSCLib.AxMsRdpClient8

Here's working code (Delphi):

rdp:TMsRdpClient8NotSafeForScripting; // ***Instead of TMsRdpClient8 (!!!)***
...

if rdp.Connected<>0 then rdp.Disconnect;

rdp.Server:='192.168.1.1';
rdp.UserName:='User';
rdp.AdvancedSettings8.ClearTextPassword:='Password';
rdp.AdvancedSettings8.AuthenticationLevel:=2;
rdp.AdvancedSettings8.EnableCredSspSupport:=true;
rdp.AdvancedSettings8.NegotiateSecurityLayer:=false;

rdp.AdvancedSettings8.RelativeMouseMode:=true;
rdp.AdvancedSettings.BitmapPeristence:=1;
rdp.AdvancedSettings.Compress:=1;
rdp.AdvancedSettings8.SmartSizing:=true;
rdp.DesktopHeight:= Screen.Height;
rdp.DesktopWidth:= Screen.Width;
rdp.FullScreen:=true;
rdp.ColorDepth:= 15;

rdp.AdvancedSettings8.RedirectDrives:=false;
rdp.AdvancedSettings8.RedirectPrinters:=false;
rdp.AdvancedSettings8.RedirectClipboard:=true;
rdp.AdvancedSettings8.RedirectSmartCards:=false;

rdp.Connect;

P.S. And do not use the following property:

rdp.AdvancedSettings8.AuthenticationServiceClass

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C# Custom Remote Desktop Client using RDP 8.0

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