StoreFront – Disabling Desktop Autolaunch

Introduction

This article provides the steps required to disable desktop autolaunch on a StoreFront Web Page by performing the following steps :-

• Logon to the StoreFront Server as an Administrative Account
• Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\{Your App Store Name}Web

E.G. C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\My-App-StoreWeb

• Edit the web.config file in Notepad
• Search for the line below :-

AutolaunchDesktop=”true”

• Change the AutolaunchDesktop=”true” to AutolaunchDesktop=”false”

AutolaunchDesktop=”false”

• Save and Exit the web.config
• Open a Command Prompt and execute IISRESET

Repeat the steps above on all StoreFront servers in the Server Group