In multi-farm environment, where different XenApp 6.5 farms are managed by one support team you may need to configure separte Citrix AppCenter consoles pointing to the particular server or farm. Using customised console you can address the following issues:

  • remove Citrix Single Sign-On prompt and display in AppCenter
  • avoid running AppCenter discovery wizard each time when you need to connect to the different farm
  • change AppCenter display language

The most important information about Citrix Consoles are shown in Table 1 below

VersionConsole NameFolder location Executable
XenApp 6.5 AppCenterC:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\Citrix Delivery Services Console\FrameworkCmiLaunch.exe
XenApp 6.5WebInterface
C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\Web Interface\5.4.0\AdministrationBootstrapper.exe
XenApp 7.xCitrix StudioC:\Program Files\Citrix\Desktop StudioStudio.msc
XenApp 7.xStoreFrontC:\Program Files\Citrix\Desktop Studio
or
C:\Program Files\Citrix\Receiver StoreFront\Management
StudioSF.msc
or
CitrixStoreFrontConsole.msc

How to remove Single Sign-On component from Citrix AppCenter ?

To remove Single Sign-On component from Citrix AppCenter when console is already installed you must rename the MetaFrame Password Manager Console folder located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\MetaFrame Password Manager Console. The orginal view of AppCenter is shown in Figure 1 while modified console is shown in Figure 2.

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Figure 1

 

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Figure 2

 

How to create customised AppCenter console ?

1. Login to XenApp server with AppCenter already installed and from cmd command prompt run mmc /32. Note that AppCenter snap-in is 32 bit and it won’t appear in the list of available snap-ins when you start pure 64bit mmc.exe process.

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Figure 3

2. Click File-Add/Remove Snap-in.

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Figure 4

3. Select Citrix AppCenter, click Add then click OK.

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Figure 5

4. Right click on Citrix AppCenter and select New Window from here.

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Figure 6

5. Enable Skip this screen in the future and press Next  to continue.

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Figure 7

6. Press Next to continue. For more information how to remove Single Sign-On see section above.

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Figure 8

7. Add required server name or press Add Local Computer button.

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Figure 9

8. Press Next to continue.

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Figure 10

9. Enable Close this wizard when discovery is successful and press Finish to continue.

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Figure 11

10. New console will be opened in a new window.

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Figure 12

11. To customise new console press View -> Customise

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Figure 13

12. Press File -> Options to assign a new console name, icon etc.

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Figure 14

13. Press Yes to continue.

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Figure 15

14. Press File -> Save As new msc file.

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Figure 16

15. Open newly created msc file. Custom AppCenter console with new name and configured farm should open as it is shown in Figure 17 below.

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16. Follow the same procedure to create separate console for other farms etc.

 

In order to prepare custom Citrix Studio or StoreFront console start pure 64bit mmc process.