FreeRDP/FreeRDP — Issue #308: RemoteApp not working with Windows 7 / XP
Author: jacob019
Created: 2011-12-23 00:19:59+00:00
State: open

Following one of these guides, RemoteApp can be enable with a Windows 7 / XP host:
http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/virtualisation/remoteapp-for-windows-xp-and-windows-vista-the-missing-pieces/
http://geekswithblogs.net/twickers/archive/2009/12/18/137048.aspx

I've tried this with both Windows XP and Windows 7 and I get the same result.
I can successfully connect from a Windows client and I get the remote application as expected, but using the FreeRDP development sources (12/22/11) it just hangs indefinitely like so:
$ xfreerdp -u Jacob -p password --app --plugin rail --data "||cmd" -- 10.0.1.104
loading plugin rail
connected to 10.0.1.104:3389

it just hangs there forever, no window. I even get an error message if I type the wrong password. Task Manager does not show cmd.exe running. I have tried 'c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe' in place of '||cmd', and I do have the cmd alias properly setup in windows.

If I run "xfreerdp -u Jacob -p password --plugin rail --data "||cmd" -- 10.0.1.104" (without --app) it successfully logs in as a normal rdp session.