[MacTUG] MS Remote Desktop Connection install and run locations on Mac OS X v1.2
Marlon A. Griffith
m3griffi at engmail.uwaterloo.ca
Wed Jul 29 10:12:42 EDT 2009
This is a summary of my attempt to renew an expired temporary license on a MS terminal server from a Mac client.
Enjoy,
Marlon
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Problem
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To completely remove Microsoft's (MS) Macintosh Remote Desktop Connection client from Mac OS X.
Configuration
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Mac OS: 10.4.x (tiger) and 10.5.x (leopard)
Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection 2.0.0
Windows 2003 Terminal Server
File Locations
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/Applications/Remote Desktop Connection.app
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/
/Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_autoupdate.pkg
/Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_errorreporting.pkg
/Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_helpviewer.pkg
/Library/Receipts/Remote Desktop Connection.pkg OR /private/tmp/Remote Desktop Connection.pkg
/Users/userName/Documents/RDC Connections/Default.rdp
/Users/userName/Library/Caches/com.apple.installer/Cache.db
/Users/userName/Library/Caches/remote desktop connection
/Users/userName/Library/Caches/remote desktop connection/bcache22.bmc
/Users/userName/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems
/Users/userName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist
/Users/userName/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.autoupdate2.plist
/Users/userName/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.rdc.plist
/Users/userName/Library/Preferences/microsoft/RDC Client
/Users/Shared/Microsoft
Result
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The terminal server still said my license was expired.
Final Solutions
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1) it appears that MS RDC v1 still works under tiger and leopard
2) use a third party MS RDC client: CoRD - Remote Desktop for Mac OS X, http://cord.sourceforge.net/
3) Get the terminal server administrator to clean out the temporary license database. [This worked but unlikely for the average mortal, aka student, to do.]
History
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Tues, 2009-07-28: original
Wed, 2009-07-29: added more paths and another solution
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