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Clientname and Sessionname enviroment variable may be missing

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Symptoms

When connecting remotely with Remote Desktop Connection, the environment variables CLIENTNAME and SESSIONNAME are added to each process that is started. 

If you set the Folder Option "Launch folder windows in a separate process" and later launch an application from an additional Explorer window, the application will not see these additional environment variables.

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Cause

The additional Explorer window is not a child window of the parent Explorer.exe process, but launched from the system process. Therefore it does not inherit the environment from the Explorer main window.

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Resolution

If your application relies on these variables, remove the folder option "Launch folder windows in a separate process".

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Article Info
Article ID : 2509192
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 3/23/2011
Exists online : False
Views : 704