Cannot Log off after running 'Initial Program' for Remote Desktop

September 22, 2008

We want to give a user access to a server via Remote Desktop and only give

them access to a single program. This works perfectly fine, howerver when

the user (or us as Administrators) close the program, the program closes but

their is no way to exist out of the session unless you disconnect. By no way

I mean the screen is just blue, looks like explorer.exe.

I have a Windows 2003 Server Environment.

Thank You

September 22, 2008

Re: Cannot Log off after running 'Initial Program' for Remote Desktop

Hello,

Normally this should terminate and logoff the user as far as I am

aware. Perhaps the application is not completely terminating when you

quit?

Have you tried using a simple application like notepad to see when you

close this if the user is logged off? If this works then perhaps there

is an issue with the application.

Also something you may want to try is setting the user to run a vbs

file using the Inital Program of wscript {path to a vbs file} the

VBScript file then launches the application and waits for it to

finish, then runs the log off command. Lemme know if this helps.

wscript c:\launch.vbs

************* launch.vbs *************

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

WshShell.Run "c:\windows\notepad.exe", 1, True

WshShell.Run "c:\windows\system32\logoff.exe", 1, True

Set WshShell = Nothing

Thanks,

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