This policy setting allows you to specify whether remote users can start any program on the RD Session Host server when they ...

This policy setting allows you to specify whether remote users can start any program on the RD Session Host server when they start a Remote Desktop Services session, or whether they can only start programs that are listed in the RemoteApp Programs list.

You can control which programs on an RD Session Host server can be started remotely by using the RemoteApp Manager tool to create a list of RemoteApp programs. By default, only programs in the RemoteApp Programs list can be started when a user starts a Remote Desktop Services session.

If you enable this policy setting, remote users can start any program on the RD Session Host server when they start a Remote Desktop Services session. For example, a remote user can do this by specifying the program's executable path at connection time by using the Remote Desktop Connection client.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, remote users can only start programs that are listed in the RemoteApp Programs list in RemoteApp Manager when they start a Remote Desktop Services session.