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November 12, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – disabling the Run command (without killing everything else)

Blocking the Run command with GPOs is often horribly restrictive. Is there a better way to do it?

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October 13, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – FSLogix Registry Redirection (HKLM to HKCU), or “how to turn Computer Config GPOs into User Config GPOs”

FSLogix Redirection is often forgotten about, and the Registry side of this even more. How do we go about using it?

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October 2, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – Citrix UPM Profile Containers feature

How do we use Citrix UPM’s new “Profile Container” feature to capture the entire user profile?

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September 4, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – how to stop FSLogix Profile Containers bloating when running Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams’ profile bloat is truly awful. Here’s a quick guide to getting around it! This is a basic runthrough

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July 2, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – adding Windows File Explorer functions to the right-click menu

Do you want to customize your Windows context menus with File Explorer functions? Read on… I had a request recently

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June 9, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – Using vPrefer instead of Keywords with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

vPrefer is a little-known Citrix feature that offers you some handy functionality for niche situations. Let’s quickly run through it.

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June 3, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – blank icons on Windows 10 desktop when using FSLogix to mask Office

Quick blog today, an oddity you may see using App Masking to hide Microsoft Office. I noticed this problem pop

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May 23, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – allowing multiple server sessions with FSLogix Profile Containers by using Citrix UPM

Using Citrix UPM to extend the functionality of FSLogix Profile Containers? Seems a bit odd… On the surface, yes, it

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May 21, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – mandatory profiles in Windows 10 and Windows Server (the final word!)

Mandatory profiles are becoming much more problematic in Windows 10. Let’s put them to bed once and for all. Introduction

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April 9, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – Improve Windows 10 logon times with FastFirstSignIn

There’s a new trick in the quest for Windows 10 logon nirvana – introducing FastFirstSignIn. Specifically this for those of

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