How do I run a Workstation Setup for CCH® ProSystem fx® Tax on a terminal or Citrix server?
Terminal/Citrix® Server Workstation Setup Guidelines
- Tax requires running Workstation Setup option 2 (Setup workstation to run programs from local drive) if the Tax program is running from a network drive because of a Microsoft® issue: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2536487/applications-crash-or-become-unresponsive-if-another-user-logs-off-a-r.
Steps for the Initial Setup on the Terminal or Citrix Server
- Press WINDOWS + R to open a run line.
- Type CMD on the "Open:" line and click OK.
- Type change user /install and press ENTER.
- In the CMD window, type ?:\wfx32\wssetup.exe (Where ? is the drive letter that you run CCH® ProSystem fx® Tax from).
- Press ENTER.
- Click Setup icons and click OK.
- Click OK on the next box.
- Click Setup on the last box.
- Wait for Workstation Setup to finish.
- In the CMD window, type ?:\wfx32\wssetup.exe. (Where ? is the drive letter that you run CCH ProSystem fx Tax from).
- Press ENTER.
- Click Setup workstation to run programs from local drive and click OK.
- Select the local drive letter that the files will be installed to and click OK.
- Select CCH ProSystem fx Tax as the program group and click OK.
- Click Setup.
- In the command prompt window, type in change user /execute.
- Press ENTER to place the server back in User Mode.
- Give users Full Control of C:\Wfx32 on the terminal server.
- If prompted earlier for a reboot, reboot the server.
Notes:
- Run Workstation Setup in Install Mode.
- Do not reboot until the end of the entire process, if prompted.
Steps for running installation images from a Terminal or Citrix Server
- Press WINDOWS + R to open a run line.
- Type CMD in the Open: line and click OK.
- Type change user /install and press ENTER.
- Run Workstation Setup > Setup Icons (Option 1).
- See our article for steps on how to run a Workstation Setup.
- Run the installation.
- See our article for steps on how to install an installation image.
- Run Workstation Setup > Setup workstation to run programs from local drive (Option 2).
- In the command prompt window, type change user /execute.
- Press ENTER to place the server back in User Mode.
- If prompted to reboot, reboot the server as soon as possible.
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