Seamless just doesnt work

[T0MuX]

Hi, I just compiled seamlessrdp (using mingw, following instructions from readme), put it on a Windows 7 machine and this is just not working.

Starting command :
rdesktop -d my_domain -u my_user -p - -A 'C:\slrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe' -s 'notepad.exe' 192.168.5.23

When I press enter after typing my password, it directly opens the full windows session with the desktop, icons and such... However, I specify the path of rdpshell and the application I want to start.

Am I doing something wrong ?

T0MuX

EDIT : What I said behalf was tested on an Manjaro Linux machine at my work place... now I tested exactly the same but with a Windows 10 VM on an Archlinux host, same issue : the seamless doesnt work. I have the entire desktop, like a classic RDP, instead to just have the requested window.

[T0MuX]

Hi, little up ??

I tried the same on Windows Server 2012R2. Actually, I had to disable NLA authentication on the server, because my linux client has no kerberos configured. So, I tried this syntax :
rdesktop -A 'C:\slrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe' -s 'C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe' -u admin2 -d polyaero -p- 192.168.5.12

This produces exactly the same effect : the entire remote desktop in opened, and notepad.exe is not started.

[T0MuX]

Hi, I just tried again into another context : Linux Manjaro host to VBox VM Windows 7... same thing. It just doesn't work. It opens a regular remote desktop window.

So, an up again :)

[webD97]

Same behavior on my machine

[pavangayakwad]

Anyone found any solution? I also have the same problem!

[bettyvschmartz]

I have the exact same issue. It looks be related to this in later versions of Windows. Running seamlessrdpshell.exe directly gives an error.

Unfortunately this project looks to have been abandoned from the commit activity. Last commit over a year ago and most years old.

I tried various other options like RemoteApp Tool for Windows (to publish apps) with freerdp on Linux but that didn't work either. In the end I found Winflector which sadly isn't open source but works well even using Office365. I would have preferred OSS but I need something that works and seamless mode RDP OSS options seem to no longer work.

-- BVS

[T0MuX]

Hi, for people looking for an alternative solution, I just discovered this one : https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps
I didn't tested yet, but I think it can do exactly what we are trying to do 🙂

[mvalley21]

I was FINALLY able to get this working. It's easy once you use the correct bins and follow Marc's guide. You can grab the compiled bins and short guide from https://github.com/mvalley21/seamlessrdp/releases/tag/latest