How to install OpenOffice1.1 on Win2003TerminalServer/Citrix

[pse]

Is OpenOffice running correctly on win 2003 terminal server with citrix XP and how to install it. Is there some speciall notes, whitepapers etc, how to install on Terminal server / Citrix

Thanks

[calvinlcannon]

I would love to see additional documentation of WTS implementations as well.

That being said....

I have installed OOo 1.1 on Windows 2000 Server with Terminal Services in Application Mode. This company is considering switching from MS-Office, but no one has yet done a great deal of testing. More issues may come up, but so far its' run pretty smootly. As always, use the Windows Control Panel applet for installing any app in Windows Terminal Services. The only issues we have noted so far are listed below:

o I had to get rid of the quickstarter program in the system tray. It generated errors each time a non-administrator user logged in. Also, having multiple instances of the quickstarter program just used extra resources.

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[Guest]

As Citrix uses Windows in a multi user environment you have to install OpenOffice.org with a so called "Network Installation" mode

setup -net ( you probably need to put the setup -net into a batch file to fool the MS installer )

After this installation step you use the setup application from within this "Network Installation" to get a "Workstation Installation"

Then copy the files .user.rdb, .sversion.ini and the OpenOffice.org directory created in c:\My Documents\username\Application Data to the other user directories

Make sure the content of .sversion.ini points to the user installation directory where the users configuration data is stored.

[GritsRGood]

When I installed this on our citrix server I did NOT use the -net switch for setup and it works fine. I installed it single user, but ran "change user/install beforehand.

This let's Citrix do what it's supposed to and manage multiuser envrionments. With citrix, it is in essence a local installation.

Regards,
Jamie

[Guest]

Here is a procedure I've used (Citrix was installed running BEFORE installation of OpenOffice)

1) Install (Add/Remove Programs) Sun Java (of course:-)
2) Unzip the installation archive to a folder (say (in my case:-) c:\ooinstall)
3) As an Administrator from command prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd) run
c:\ooinstall\normal\setup -net
4) Specify the folder where OpenOffice is to be installed (say c:\ooffice)
5) As an Administrator (using Add/Remove Programs) run
c:\ooffice\program\setup
6) During the setup choose "Workstation installation" and enter some
(initial) personal info
7) By now all the necessary binaries are installed in c:\ooffice and a
folder OpenOffice.org 1.1.0 with all the necessary shortcuts is created in %allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\ Now when a user first tires to use OpennOffice.org he will be asked for personal info and creation of his personal
installation directory in his profile (Workstation installation again - it is still phisically
one Windows 2003 Terminal Services server (the same hard drive:-) but Windows separates installation directories for users (their personal settings) into their profile directories so there is no need for using a drive shared over network like we do in networked installation with PC clients)
I suggest removing %allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\OpenOffice.org 1.1.0 because it will be duplicated for each user in %userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\OpenOffice.org 1.1.0 during "personal" installation. If You leave it duplicated soffice.exe will be called twice upon logon - first time from %allusersprofile% and then from %userprofile% which will result in (as for my case) opening Writer upon user logon

It works just fine for me - I hope You can use it too

Best regards Sebastian Baryło (Wrocław-Poland)