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- Microsoft Office issues
- Identifying UI elements in PDF with Accessibility options
- Repairing Active Accessibility support
- Automating Applications Running Under a Different Windows User
- Validation of large Windows-legacy projects takes longer than expected
Extension for Microsoft Remote Desktop and Apps
Studio User Guide
Last updated Nov 4, 2024
Extension for Microsoft Remote Desktop and Apps
By installing the UiPath Extension for Microsoft Remote Desktop and Apps you are capable of natively generating selectors over RDP connections. It can be installed per-user (from Studio or the Command Prompt) or per-system (from the Command Prompt and Studio Installer).
- Open UiPath Studio.
- Navigate to Home > Tools > UiPath Extensions.
- Select Microsoft Remote Desktop and Apps > Install. A confirmation dialog box is displayed.
- Restart your active RDP connection for the changes to take effect.
- The UiPath Extension for
Windows Remote Desktop is now installed and is located at
C:\ProgramData\UiPath\UiPath.Common\
.
- Select the Windows
Start button and type
cmd
in the search field. - Right click on Command Prompt and run it as administrator.
- Change the directory to the
UiPath installation folder (
cd C:\Program Files (x86)\UiPath\Studio\UiPath
). - Use the
SetupExtensions /RdpClient
command to install the extension per user, or theSetupExtensions /RdpClientGlobal
command to install the extension per system. A confirmation dialog box is displayed. - Restart your active RDP connection for the changes to take effect.
- The UiPath Extension for Windows Remote Desktop is now installed.
To generate native selectors over RDP connections, you also need to deploy the UiPath Remote Runtime component on the Remote Desktop machine, as explained on this page.
The
UiPathRemoteRuntime.msi
installer can be downloaded from:
- Product Downloads in the UiPath Customer Portal
- Resource Center in the UiPath Automation Cloud. To access Resource Center, log in to your Automation Cloud Organization and click the Help button on the navigation bar.