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Posted on by Michael VanSickle 360

I have a few users that need remote access to Dynamics GP.  I was going to use a VPN and laptops with GP to connect them, but I saw a few posts here that warned against it.  I can resort to using Remote Desktop (I already have a Windows 2003 Terminal Server with GP installed), but I would like to give them RDP shortcuts that automatically launch GP.  Using the Remote Desktop 'Programs' tab I entered the program path and name as: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics\GP\Dynamics.exe" Dynamics.set, but this gives me an error, "This launch file is invalid".  How can I get GP to launch automatically through Remote Desktop?  Thanks!

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: Dynamics GP Remote Access

    Michael, and anyone else having this issue,

    Encountered the same issue, and the fix, (at least on RDS 2012) is:

    1. Right Click, and Edit Properties on the GP program under RemoteApp Programs, within the RDS Collection.

    2. Click Parameters on the left.

    3. Put Dynamics.set or the name (and path if it's not located in your Dynamics directory) of your .set file in the box under "Always use the following command-line parameters"

    4. Click OK.

    The only issue I've found with this, is that it keeps the username of the last user to log in.

  • carrisma Profile Picture
    carrisma 15 on at
    RE: Dynamics GP Remote Access

    I'm running into the same problem with the new Windows 2012 RemoteApp.  Dynamics GP does not launch properly, because the Dynamics.set is not being passed to the application executable.  I can launch the GP utilities, then from there go into GP... I'm  just not able to use the GP icon directly .  I really don't want to create a .bat file either...  I would have figured Dynamics GP would be Terminal Services friendly

  • Michael VanSickle Profile Picture
    Michael VanSickle 360 on at
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Dynamics GP Remote Access

    I am still interested in getting this working if anyone else can shed some light on the subject.  Thanks!

  • Michael VanSickle Profile Picture
    Michael VanSickle 360 on at
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Dynamics GP Remote Access

    They would still get any icons that are in the "Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu" and "Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop" folders.

  • Mike Waldrop Profile Picture
    Mike Waldrop 425 on at
    Re: Re: Re: Dynamics GP Remote Access

    Under "Documents and Settings\{user name}\desktop"  you could delete all but the GP icon.

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    Re: Re: Re: Dynamics GP Remote Access

    Aha!...yes, way off target...understand now. I'll take a look soonest.

    Ian.

  • Michael VanSickle Profile Picture
    Michael VanSickle 360 on at
    Re: Re: Dynamics GP Remote Access

    While I really appreciate your help, I believe you are a little off target.  The problem is passing arguments through the Remote Desktop client.  GP does, and always has, worked just fine on my Terminal Server.  The only thing I am trying to do differently now is to launch it upon login using the 'Start the following program on connection' option in the Remote Desktop client.  I have a few users that only need GP, and I don't want them to have access to other software on the Terminal Server.  Using the 'Start the following program' option should launch GP upon login, and log them off when GP is closed, keeping them out of the other software.

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    Re: Dynamics GP Remote Access

    Your program path is correct as  "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics\GP\Dynamics.exe" Dynamics.set

    1. Open the Icon Properties and click Target - does it go to the correct folder and find Dynamics.exe?
    2. Also check the Icon's security.
    3. Have you any product paths in your Dynamics.set file other than C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics\GP\ ? If you do, make a back up of your dynamics.set file and then replace these paths to point to the local C drive )i.e. replace them with C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics\GP\).

    Thats all I can think of.....

     

    Just saw your last post...some of the above isn't relevant. Its definately the icon. If you go through Start >> Programs >> Microsoft Dynamics >> GP...does it launch?

  • Michael VanSickle Profile Picture
    Michael VanSickle 360 on at
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Dynamics GP Remote Access

    Yes it does.

  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    Re: Re: Re: Dynamics GP Remote Access

    At the workstation, log into remoted desktop, navigate to the GP application folder and drop the dynamics.set file on the .exe file. Does GP launch?

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