Set-RDFileTypeAssociation

Module:

RemoteDesktop

Changes the file type association of a RemoteApp program in a Remote Desktop deployment.

Syntax

Set-RDFileTypeAssociation
   [-CollectionName] <String>
   -AppAlias <String>
   -FileExtension <String>
   -IsPublished <Boolean>
   [-IconPath <String>]
   [-IconIndex <String>]
   [-ConnectionBroker <String>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Set-RDFileTypeAssociation
   [-CollectionName] <String>
   -AppAlias <String>
   -FileExtension <String>
   -IsPublished <Boolean>
   [-IconPath <String>]
   [-IconIndex <String>]
   -VirtualDesktopName <String>
   [-ConnectionBroker <String>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Set-RDFileTypeAssociation cmdlet modifies the file type association of a firstref_server_7 RemoteApp program in a Remote Desktop deployment.

Examples

Example 1: Set a file type association for a virtual desktop collection

PS C:\> Set-RDFileTypeAssociation -CollectionName "Virtual Desktop Collection" -AppAlias "iexplore" -FileExtension ".html" -IsPublished $True -VirtualDesktopName "RDS-WKS-A27"

This command sets the following options for file type association:

• Collection named Virtual Desktop Collection.

• Remote Desktop application alias of iexplore.

• File name extension of .html to associate with the application.

• Virtual desktop named RDS-WKS-A27.

• Users can see the file name extension.

Example 2: Set a file type association for a session collection

PS C:\> Set-RDFileTypeAssociation -CollectionName "Session Collection" -AppAlias "Notepad" -FileExtension ".txt" -IsPublished $True -IconPath "%windir%\System32\Notepad.exe" -IconIndex 0

This command sets these options for file type association:

• Collection named Session Collection.

• Remote Desktop application alias of Notepad.

• File name extension of .txt to associate with the application.

• The icon for the Remote Desktop program Notepad.exe appears in the \System32 subfolder of the Windows folder. The icon that appears for Notepad is at the first position of the icon file.

Parameters

-AppAlias

Specifies the alias for the RemoteApp program. The default alias is the program's file name without the extension.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-CollectionName

Specifies the name of the session or virtual desktop collection.

Type:	String
Position:	0
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-ConnectionBroker

Specifies the Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RD Connection Broker) server for this Remote Desktop deployment. Remote users connect to this server to obtain views of available nextref_server_7 RemoteApp programs, session-based desktops, and virtual desktops. If this parameter does not appear, the default value is the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the local host.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-FileExtension

Specifies the file name extension of the file type whose association you change.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-IconIndex

Specifies the index in the icon file for the RemoteApp program icon. The IconPath parameter specifies the icon file.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-IconPath

Specifies the path to a file containing the icon to display for the RemoteApp program identified by the Alias parameter. This path must not contain any environment variables. For session collections, the path must be a valid local path on all RD Session Host servers in the collection. For virtual desktop collections, the path must be a valid local path on all virtual desktops in the collection.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-IsPublished

Indicates whether users can see the file type association.

Set this parameter to $True if users need to open the RemoteApp that corresponds to a file type by double-clicking a file of that type.

Set this parameter to $False if you do not want to associate files of a particular type with a RemoteApp program on end users' machines. For example, if you have published Microsoft Word as a RemoteApp, but you want end users to open .docx files in local copies of Wordpad rather than in the RemoteApp Word, set IsPublished to $False in the file type association for .docx files.

Type:	Boolean
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-VirtualDesktopName

Specifies the name of the virtual desktop where the icon file whose name is in the IconPath parameter appears. This virtual desktop must belong to the collection whose value is in the CollectionName parameter.

Type:	String
Aliases:	VMName
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Outputs

Null

Related Links

• Get-RDFileTypeAssociation