We are experiencing a RemoteApp default printer redirection issue in Windows Server 2016 that we are not seeing in Windows Server 2012R2. We have the following simple environment:
- Windows Server 2012R2 with RDS Quick Start installed.
- Windows Server 2016 with RDS Quick Start installed (configured identically)
- Window 10 Client with attached HP printer configured as “Default” printer.
When we launch WordPad as a RemoteApp on the client (via RDWeb) and try to print a document, we see different behaviors: 1) When launched on Server 2012R2, the client’s default printer (HP printer) is shown as the default printer (expected behavior), 2) When launched on Server 2016, the server’s default printer (XPS Document) is shown as the default printer (unexpected behavior).
We’ve verified that all of the Group policies and connection settings are correct and identical between the two servers. However we noticed the values ofHKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows:Device keys are different: 2012R shows redirection to client printer, 2016 shows server printer.
Is this a bug in Server 2016? Anything else we should check or configure?
Thanks,
cyorlano