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FreeRDP Plugin for Windows RoyalTS

I wonder if we might be able to get an alternative RDP plugin for Royal TS on Windows vs. the one based on native Windows RDP? Maybe something based on FreeRDP like in Royal TSX?


Why? A few reasons. One, the native Windows plugin doesn't support folder redirection...only full drive redirection. I'd rather just share my downloads folder with the shared terminal server, and not my whole C drive, thanks! Also, while this may be more of a bug that I consider a feature, FreeRDP ignores the server side setting requiring people to manually type a password. It's super annoying on my Windows machine to have to log in again manually every time I resize the window or change monitors, while on my Mac I can just do that without thinking because the app will automatically log in for me with a saved password.


Also, it might just be me, but FreeRDP seems quite a bit faster than the native Windows RDP plugin. That might be apples to oranges and my Mac is just faster, but it's good to have choice I think.


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sorry key information to add - Sometimes it actually hangs my RoyalTS V7 until I kill the wfreerdp.exe child process.



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Hi there jgriffiths,


can you also please create a ticket via the following link, so we can help you troubleshoot the issue:

https://www.royalapps.com/go/support-ticket-new


Thanks & best regards,

Christoph

Is there any documentation for the FreeRDP plugin?


I would like to see if it is possible to set up a SOCKS configuration (like I do in Royal TSX).


I also have the minimized FreeRDP window issue in my test installation.

I am also interested in SOCKS5 proxy support. Apparently the Mac version supports http and SOCKS5 proxies so I wonder if it also works with the Windows version. So far I am unable to find the options to configure the proxy. I have not tried to generate an entry using Dynamic Folders but I guess that would not work.

Just an FYI:

I just created a PR for proxy support in our repo here: https://github.com/royalapplications/royalapps-community-freerdp/pull/15

In my tests, SOCKS5 proxy works very well with the new FreeRDP plugin. http doesn't work on Windows yet. Still investigating but probably an issue with wfreerdp.exe


Right now I'm working on the UI for Royal TS' FreeRDP plugin to support proxy configurations. Hopefully I have a build next week for you to test.


Regards,
Stefan


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Update: the release from today brings proxy (http/socks5) support to the FreeRDP plugin.


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