App works from published desktop but not as published app

[timnorvel]

I have a client/server application that was written to be used in a "normal" network environment. Each client must have the same mapped drive to a location on a server. All of the applications' system and .ini files are on that share. When I publish a desktop and run this app from there everything is fine. But when I attempt to publish the application and launch it through NFuse or PNAgent I get an error that it can't find the path to the system files. It appears that it needs the shell to be running to work out it's path's, which it stores in the following registry key... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/AppPaths/

It seems that the mapped drive that leads to these files is not mapped before the app needs it.?. Any ideas on tweaks I can make to my system to get this app to work as a published app?

Thanks,
Tim

 

[Erik160]

We had to login the the server with each of the user's id's and manually map the drives from with in, once we did that everythign worked fine.

"There are no stupid questions, But there are A LOT of inquisitive idiots."

 

[TexExpat]

Try using a login script to map the drives when the user logs on.

 

[cnbit]

kixstart works very well for this. You can put statements in such as "if member of" and then specify user groups and have it map a drive at logon. Kixstart is in the windows resource kit. Can send you a sample if you need help.
kifland@centralnational.com

 

[koelkast37]

Hi Tim,

A login script is an solution, but it might be a great idea to publish a batch files, as published application. In that batch file you write this:

@echo off

net use <drive>: \\appserver\<appdir>

start <drive>:\program files\<applicationdir>\application.exe (one line)

exit

I hope this might resolve your challenge

BK

 

[JCDugas]

How do you get the cmd to close when it starts the app? The only way it closes for me is when I close the app that the batch script opened.

 

[Ogi]

Start /b App.Exe

Should do what you want!

Cheers,
Carl.