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We are about to publish some apps on our Citrix 4.5 farm for Application Streaming.<br />
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Apparently, when we publish the app, the location of the profiler file has to be in UNC format, e.g. \\server1\Citrixfiles\outl<wbr />ook.profil<wbr />e<br />
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Can we also present this as a DFS link, or is this not recommended in Citrix? <br />
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What's the difference between DFS and UNC, surely they point to the same thing?
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Hi

We are about to publish some apps on our Citrix 4.5 farm for Application Streaming.

Apparently, when we publish the app, the location of the profiler file has to be in UNC format, e.g. \\server1\Citrixfiles\outlook.profile

Can we also present this as a DFS link, or is this not recommended in Citrix? 

What's the difference between DFS and UNC, surely they point to the same thing?

Path to Streaming Profile files (UNC v DFS)

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