Executing "rundll32.exe url.dll,FileProtocolHandler <url>" fails

[michael grindel]

Hi,

running the command line application via Citrix Server I encounter the
following problem:

1. I execute the command:

rundll32.exe url.dll,FileProtocolHandler http://www.yahoo.com

--> IE starts and the URL is displayed

2. I execute the command:

rundll32.exe url.dll,FileProtocolHandler http://www.microsoft.com

nothing happens

I expected that the opened IE window would display the new URL.

Has anyone experienced this behaviour, too ?
Is there a setup feature which is responsible for this behaviour ?
Or is this a citrix bug ?

Kind regards,
michael grindel

 

[B Gibb]

I have a similar problem with citrix. We have an application running as
a published application (ICA connection) and it fails when executing a
command such as:

rundll32.exe url.dll,FileProtocolHandler "c:\tmp\bla.html"

a windows popup claims that the file cannot be found.

To investigate we created a published application that runs cmd.exe.
That too fails when typing in command above.

However, typing the same command in a cmd shell in an exported Citrix
Desktop (i.e. connected directly to the citrix server but also an
ICA connection) succeeds and correctly opens the default browser on the
given file. Similarly, working directly on the server machine or via RDP
also works.

Is this a known issue with citrix?

Our setup is:
ICA Client version 7.0017534 (128 bit ssl)
Server OS win2000
Client OS winXP