| The subject of how to publish an interface to access data located on local and network drives has been a hot topic. The method of copying and renaming the explorer.exe to, for example, explorer2.exe is a widely used but not suggested or supported method by the Citrix. When doing this, there may be other side effects like session hangs or sessions getting slow when launching several instances of the renamed explorer2.exe. These issues are the result of internal explorer.exe dependencies that cannot be resolved without rewriting large parts of the kernel OS. However, Internet Explorer (iexplore.exe) is a supported and recommended command to use. Publish an application with a command line of "path to iexplorer with a "-E" switch followed by the path of the folder or drive. Specify %windir% for the working directory as shown below. 
Example:
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplorer.exe -e c:\
-OR- C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplorer.exe http://www.dabcc.com If you have any experience with Terminal Services you will know that printing is one of the most finicky of all the subsystems and requires the most care and loving. In the following sections, I will try to explain how I recommend building a basic printing environment for optimum performance and bandwidth utilization. In order to build a stable printing environment, with core MetaFrame utilities and a free one from dabcc.com, you must comply with the following structure. Set the proper expectations of what the customer will expect for issues / administration. Create a new printer policy Gather a list of printers that you will be expected to maintian and set the expectation that any addiotional printers will require addional administration. (This should have been done during the Analysis phase) Setup the print enviorment. Configure the Farm-wide Printer Management Properties Import and configure any Network Print Servers and assign users to printers. Create printer compatibility driver mappings Manually add printer any driver mappings required. If required you can import a WTSUPRN.INF file from a MetaFrame 1.8, Terminal Services enviroment and or for batch purposes. Create a MetaFrame XP policy to perform printer related tasks on a user / group basis. Configure ICA Printer Bandwidth usage for client auto-created printers. Administer printing through Project Compatiblity 3.0 If you are interested in paying a few dollars to completely solve any issues with failed auto-created printers then you will want to look at 3rd party universal drivers. My favorite is Tricerits Simply Printing product. It simply works and what more can one ask for. For more information please visit: www.tricerit.com. The following sections detail how to setup the above structure.
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