If a user has never connected to a desktop on an RDS host, and the user launches an application that is hosted on the RDS host, the Windows basic theme is not applied to the application even if a GPO setting is configured to load the Aero-styled theme. Horizon 8 does not support the Aero-styled theme but supports the Windows basic theme. To make the Windows basic theme apply to the application, you must configure another GPO setting.
Prerequisites
- Verify that the Group Policy Management feature is available on your Active Directory server.
Procedure
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On the Active Directory server, open the Group Policy Management Console.
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Expand your domain and Group Policy Objects.
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Right-click the GPO that you created for the group policy settings and select Edit.
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In the Group Policy Management Editor, navigate to User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalization.
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Enable the setting Force a specific visual style file or force Windows classic and set the Path to Visual Style as
%windir%\resources\Themes\Aero\aero.msstyles.
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