How to Fix Citrix Users Get a Published Desktop when Launching a Published Application
// October 12th, 2009 // Citrix
I got a call today from someone saying that one particular user was getting a published desktop instead of the application every time she tried to launch an application. My initial response was one of expletives but after some looking around I figured out what the issue was. Since it was only one user I knew it was not a server issue. After poking around her AD Object I discovered that the root cause was someone had checked Start the following program at logon in the Environment tab. This is a huge issue and causes Citrix and Terminal Services to flake out and just launch a desktop instead. This is what it should look like for every user:
