Enable enhanced shell experience for RemoteApp

This policy setting enables an enhanced shell experience for RemoteApp sessions, offering support for default file associations, Run/RunOnce registry keys, and more. This policy setting applies only to RemoteApp sessions and does not apply to Remote Desktop sessions. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, RemoteApp sessions on RD Session Host servers will have the enhanced shell experience. If you disable this policy setting, RemoteApp sessions will not have the enhanced shell experience and will use the legacy shell behavior. This may be needed if compatibility issues arise in published RemoteApp programs.

Policy Details

Policy Name

TS_SERVER_REMOTEAPP_USE_SHELLAPPRUNTIME

Registry Key

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services

Value Name

UseShellAppRuntimeRemoteApp

Supported On

At least Windows 11 Version 22H2

OMA-URI (CSP)

RemoteDesktopServices/TS_SERVER_REMOTEAPP_USE_SHELLAPPRUNTIME

OS Build Version:99.9.99999, 10.0.25398.827, 10.0.22631.3374, 10.0.22621.3374, 10.0.22000.2898, 10.0.20348.2400

CSP Version:11.0

Conflict Resolution:LastWrite

Allowed Editions:

EnterpriseEnterprise NProfessionalProfessional NEnterprise EvaluationEnterprise N EvaluationEducationEducation NEnterprise SEnterprise S NEnterprise S EvaluationEnterprise S N EvaluationPro Single LanguagePro ChinaPro WorkstationPro Workstation NPro For EducationPro For Education NEnterprisegEnterprisegnServerrdshIotenterpriseIotenterprisesCloudeditionnCloudeditionIotenterpriseskIotenterprisesevalWnc

Policy State Values

Enabled: 1

Disabled: 0

Available Languages

en-us