Terminal server does not close when exiting application

[Guest]

I run a win2k terminal server with all the service packs and updates recently
installed and current. I connect to this term serv with the rdc client on a
winxp workstation which also has up to date service packs (sp2) and windows
updates. When I configure the rdc client to launch into a certain application
when it connects to the terminal server it connects to the term serv and then
it goes straight into the application. But when I exit the application,
terminal server does not close. The application screen disappears and
terminal server continues to run with a blue screen that only can be closed
by clicking the "X" button on the term serv bar. Is there any fix for this
problem. Thanks in advance.

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Check which process is still running in the session to find the
cause of the problem. If your application is 16-bit, I could be
ntvdm.exe. Rdpclip is also a likely candidate (disable it if you
don't need it). If all else fails, try starting the application
from within a command file, let's say my_app.bat, which contains:

start /wait <path_to_application>my_app.exe
logoff

 

[Guest]

I tried running the application from a batch file but the application will
not launch. The application is not a 16 bit application. The application
resides on the d: drive of the server. In my batch file a wrote;
cd d:
start /wait d:\Urs\Urs.exe
Logoff
The application never launches.

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

What did you use as a command line when you defined the application
as starting application in TS Connection Configuration?

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[Guest]

You mentioned in your first reply that if all else fails try starting the
application from a command file. So I created a batch file pointing to the
location of my application's executable file, saved the batch file on the
terminal server and launched that batch file from the command line of the
start application command line on the rdc client.

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Yes, I understand. And your batch file contains the lines:
cd d:
start /wait d:\Urs\Urs.exe
Logoff

but it fails to launch the application, correct?
That's why I wondered which command line you used when you started
the application without the batch file, and it *did* launch, but
didn't close properly. Maybe you need to set the working directory
to D:\Usr in your batch file?

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[verena-ouderkirk]

Yes, I understand. And your batch file contains the lines:
cd d:
start /wait d:\Urs\Urs.exe
Logoff
but it fails to launch the application, correct?
That's why I wondered which command line you used when you started
the application without the batch file, and it *did* launch, but
didn't close properly. Maybe you need to set the working directory
to D:\Usr in your batch file?
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MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
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wrote on 20 mar 2005 in microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.clients:

Thanks

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