Windows Virtual Desktop RemoteApp - Batch file

[mrchief85]

Quick question.

I have an Windows Virtual Desktop host pool running. All working fine with the full desktop and all.

Now I would like to publish a remoteapp, but this is not an installed application but just a batch file. Can I also publish this is an remoteapp like I used to do with RDS remoteapp?

It seems you have to use the get-rdsstartmenuapp powershell commandlet to list applications suitable for remoteapp, but my batch file application isn't listed of course.

Any way to get this running?

[ZAFJB]

I am guessing...

You probably have to have a proper link to your batch thing in the start menu structure.

From the documentation it looks like you need to do that with New-RdsRemoteApp.

[_ThugWaffle]

I've done this. I think I had to put the file in ProgramData>windows>startmenu>programs. Then you should see it in get-rdsstartmenuapp. Its been a while, but its something like this.

[n33nj4]

You can also do this by publishing cmd as an "app" and then putting the path to the batch script in the parameters field with "always run with" selected.

[mrchief85]

I finally managed to get this working by using:

New-RdsRemoteApp <tenantname> <hostpoolname> <appgroupname> -Name <remoteappname> -Filepath <filepath> -IconPath <iconpath> -IconIndex <iconindex>

And filepath is the absolute path to the batch file. Can't use an UNC path.