$appname = "Microsoft Edge"
((New-Object -Com Shell.Application).NameSpace('shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}').Items() | ?{$_.Name -eq $appname}).Verbs() | ?{$_.Name.replace('&','') -match 'Unpin from taskbar'} | %{$_.DoIt(); $exec = $true}

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Clicking on any website links in Outlook 2010 in Windows 10/2016 would cause this prompt to appear:

Ticking Always use this app doesn’t help as clicking on the link again causes the prompt to re-appear. After doing some digging, I initially thought it was due to this documented issue with Citrix and Microsoft Server 2016 – https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228597

However after spending more time than I care to admit looking at the above, the fix was something completely unrelated to the above article. Implementing a few simple missing registry keys outlined in this article resolves the problem: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3094186

TLDR the below keys are missing from Windows 10 which are present in earlier versions of Windows, which is what causes this prompt to constantly re-appear. To address it, create the below two registry keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew\command

Modify the value of the (Default) registry setting:

Change value of (Default) to rundll32.exe url.dll,FileProtocolHandler %1 to open links in a new tab
Change value of (Default) to “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE” %1 to open links in a new window

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For a new deployment we needed for Outlook to show the Task’s ToDo List on the Outlook Home Screen

I couldn’t find this documented anywhere so I have to monitor the Outlook.exe during the change to find out what Registry Key it changed

Location

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Preferences

Item : PinMail

Type : Dword

Value : 4

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These are the steps that definitely fixed the issue for me:

Delete the computer from the WSUS console
On the affected client, stop the Windows Update service
On the affected client, rename the folder C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution
Start the Windows Update service
Run the following command in and administrative prompt:

wuauclt /detectnow /reportnow /scannow /resetauthorization

After 15 minutes or so the client will reappear in the WSUS console and report correctly

I had a related issue with MDT deployed machines not detecting any updates.

I ran this script on the PC.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/24742-reset-windows-update-windows-10-a.html

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Recently had a user who when outside the office could not connect to 365. Per below her Outlook would just sit on “Trying to Connect”

They used OAuth for Outlook and 2fa which means when outside of a “trusted IP” the box should come up asking for the 2fa code , however this prompt was not coming up ever after restart (usually fixes a stuck Oauth box ) .

Fix

Go into credential manager and delete all the ADAL for the user , then restart Outlook

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[Settings]
Priority=Default
Properties=MyCustomProperty

[Default]
OSInstall=Y
SkipCapture=NO
SkipAdminPassword=YES
SkipProductKey=YES
SkipComputerBackup=NO
SkipBitLocker=NO
EventService=http://%server%:9800

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Go to 

• administration
• services
• applications
• ldap application settings
• outlook section
• Disable outlook message list smart searchbar

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With the increase attack on 365 subscriptions without two factor enabled its good to check when a rule actually got added. This cannot be done with powershell you will need to perform with MFCMAPI

Download the latest MFCMAPI of 32bit or 64bit ( depending on your Office/Outlook version ) release here

You can do this on the User’s computer who should already have Outlook installed or you can create an Outlook profile as the user you would like to check the rule for on another PC. You can also create an Outlook Profile as an Administrator and give yourself full access to the User’s Maibox

Open MFCMAPI , Open the Profile , then go to Session and Logon

Double click on the account

Open the Root Folder and Navigate to here and right click on Inbox and Choose Open Associated Contents Table

The rule will look something like this , Message Class : IPM.Rule.Verson2.Message

Then find the following Name and check the value to confirm its the right Rule

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After recently upgrading Citrix Storefront from Version 3.2 to 3.16 , after a reboot the Citrix Protocol Transition Service won’t start the event log showed the below error

The fix is to open Notepad add Administrator , then Navigate to

C:\Program Files\Citrix\Receiver StoreFront\Services\ProtocolTransitionService

Open Citrix.DeliveryServices.ProtocolTransition.ServiceHost.exe.config

Change the following line

<section name=”container” type=”Castle.Windsor.Configuration.AppDomain.CastleSectionHandler, Castle.Windsor,

Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=407dd0808d44fbdc” />

to the right version

e.g

<section name=”container” type=”Castle.Windsor.Configuration.AppDomain.CastleSectionHandler, Castle.Windsor,

Version=3.16.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=407dd0808d44fbdc” />

The service should start after this OK!

Unable to resolve container components of type ‘Citrix.DeliveryServices.ServiceHosting.WindowsServiceHostingApi.IWcfServiceControl’.
System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException, System.Configuration, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
An error occurred creating the configuration section handler for citrix.deliveryservices/logger: Could not load file or assembly ‘Citrix.DeliveryServices.Logging, Version=2.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=e8b77d454fa2a856’ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. (C:\Program Files\Citrix\Receiver StoreFront\Services\ProtocolTransitionService\Citrix.DeliveryServices.ProtocolTransition.ServiceHost.exe.Config line 7)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.FindAndEnsureFactoryRecord(String configKey, Boolean& isRootDeclaredHere)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSectionRecursive(String configKey, Boolean getLkg, Boolean checkPermission, Boolean getRuntimeObject, Boolean requestIsHere, Object& result, Object& resultRuntimeObject)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSection(String configKey)
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName)
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.Configuration.Helpers.ConfigurationUtil.GetSection(String path)
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.Logging.LoggerConfigurationParser.GetLoggerConfig(String sectionName)
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.Logging.LoggerConfigurationParser.CreateLogger()
at Castle.MicroKernel.ComponentActivator.FactoryMethodActivator1.Instantiate(CreationContext context) at Castle.MicroKernel.ComponentActivator.DefaultComponentActivator.InternalCreate(CreationContext context) at Castle.MicroKernel.ComponentActivator.AbstractComponentActivator.Create(CreationContext context, Burden burden) at Castle.MicroKernel.Lifestyle.AbstractLifestyleManager.CreateInstance(CreationContext context, Boolean trackedExternally) at Castle.MicroKernel.Lifestyle.SingletonLifestyleManager.Resolve(CreationContext context, IReleasePolicy releasePolicy) at Castle.MicroKernel.Handlers.DefaultHandler.ResolveCore(CreationContext context, Boolean requiresDecommission, Boolean instanceRequired, Burden& burden) at Castle.MicroKernel.Handlers.DefaultHandler.Resolve(CreationContext context, Boolean instanceRequired) at Castle.MicroKernel.DefaultKernel.ResolveComponent(IHandler handler, Type service, IDictionary additionalArguments, IReleasePolicy policy) at Castle.MicroKernel.DefaultKernel.Castle.MicroKernel.IKernelInternal.Resolve(Type service, IDictionary arguments, IReleasePolicy policy) at Castle.Windsor.WindsorContainer.Resolve[T]() at Citrix.DeliveryServices.Logging.Common.Logger.LogMessageInternal(UInt16 eventId, UInt16 categoryId, MessageType severity, Exception ex, String message) at Citrix.DeliveryServices.ServiceLocator.ServiceLocatorLogger.MissingServiceOfType(Type type, Exception exception) at Citrix.DeliveryServices.ServiceLocator.ServiceLocation.GetInstance[T]() at Citrix.DeliveryServices.ProtocolTransition.ProtocolTransitionStartupModule.<>c.<RegisterComponents>b__3_0() at Castle.MicroKernel.ComponentActivator.FactoryMethodActivator1.Instantiate(CreationContext context)
at Castle.MicroKernel.ComponentActivator.DefaultComponentActivator.InternalCreate(CreationContext context)
at Castle.MicroKernel.ComponentActivator.AbstractComponentActivator.Create(CreationContext context, Burden burden)
at Castle.MicroKernel.Lifestyle.AbstractLifestyleManager.CreateInstance(CreationContext context, Boolean trackedExternally)
at Castle.MicroKernel.Lifestyle.SingletonLifestyleManager.Resolve(CreationContext context, IReleasePolicy releasePolicy)
at Castle.MicroKernel.Handlers.DefaultHandler.ResolveCore(CreationContext context, Boolean requiresDecommission, Boolean instanceRequired, Burden& burden)
at Castle.MicroKernel.Handlers.DefaultHandler.Resolve(CreationContext context, Boolean instanceRequired)
at Castle.MicroKernel.DefaultKernel.ResolveComponent(IHandler handler, Type service, IDictionary additionalArguments, IReleasePolicy policy)
at Castle.MicroKernel.DefaultKernel.Castle.MicroKernel.IKernelInternal.ResolveAll(Type service, IDictionary arguments, IReleasePolicy policy)
at Castle.Windsor.WindsorContainer.ResolveAll[T]()
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.ServiceLocator.ServiceLocation.GetAllInstances[T]()

System.IO.FileNotFoundException, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089
Could not load file or assembly ‘Citrix.DeliveryServices.Logging, Version=2.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=e8b77d454fa2a856’ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
at System.Configuration.TypeUtil.GetTypeWithReflectionPermission(IInternalConfigHost host, String typeString, Boolean throwOnError)
at System.Configuration.RuntimeConfigurationRecord.RuntimeConfigurationFactory.Init(RuntimeConfigurationRecord configRecord, FactoryRecord factoryRecord)
at System.Configuration.RuntimeConfigurationRecord.RuntimeConfigurationFactory.InitWithRestrictedPermissions(RuntimeConfigurationRecord configRecord, FactoryRecord factoryRecord)
at System.Configuration.RuntimeConfigurationRecord.CreateSectionFactory(FactoryRecord factoryRecord)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.FindAndEnsureFactoryRecord(String configKey, Boolean& isRootDeclaredHere)

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I was recently trying to re-replicate a Storefront Server with another one after breaking the replication for upgrading Storefront version. After wiping the storefront config on the destination , replicating Failed with the event log

Failed to get the end status of the sever configuration update.
System.ServiceModel.FaultException, System.ServiceModel, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089
Physical path: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\CitrixWeb associated with Virtual path: /Citrix/CitrixWeb is already in use.
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.ConfigurationReplication.WCF.ConfigurationReplication.EndUpdateConfiguration(IAsyncResult asyncResult)

Turns out the clear config powershell had not cleared the IIS Directory properly Deleting the storefront Dir below
C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\CitrixWeb Manually Fixed it

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