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Launching a Citrix XenApp 6.5 application published through a Citrix Access Gateway throws the error: “Unable to launch your application. Contact your help desk with the following information: Cannot connect to the Citrix XenApp server. Socket operation on non-socket.”

Problem You attempt to launch a Citrix XenApp 6.5 application published through a Citrix Access Gateway but the Citrix Receiver throws the error: Unable to launch your application. Contact your help desk with the following information: Cannot connect to the Citrix XenApp server. Socket operation

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Blocking security banner for Citrix XenApp Servers

A common problem that many Citrix administrators come across is when an Active Directory GPO is configured to present a security banner to users who log onto domain joined servers or workstations.  The problem this poses is that applications published on Citrix XenApp servers will

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Problems launching Citrix XenApp 6.5 applications through CAG VPX 50 with the error: “Unable to launch your application. Contact your help desk with the following information: Cannot connect to the Citrix XenApp server. There is no Citrix XenApp server configured on the specified address.”

Problem Ran into an issue the other day where I would have no problems logging into a Citrix XenApp 6.5 environment published with a Citrix Access Gateway VPX 50 (NS10.0: Build 73.5.nc) but noticed that whenever I tried launching an application, the status bar would

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Publishing a application in Citrix XenApp 6.5 with a working directory configured as a mapped drive throws the error: “The system cannot find the path specified. This working directory is invalid…”

Problem You attempt to publish an application with a working directory that is configured to a mapped drive: You’ve included the following in your batch file: net use K: /delete /yesnet use K: “\someFileServersoftware” K:BARSQLVFPEXEv9ball.exe -cK:BARSQLVFPEXECONFIG.FPW You attempt to launch the application: … but receive

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