Session Crashes when Shadowing
Symptoms
When shadowing a published desktop with a resolution greater than or equal to 1280×1024, the session of the user who is shadowing might terminate when the ICA session Window is resized. A dialog box stating “Virtual Driver error” error message might also be displayed to the user.
Cause
The client disconnects because it cannot accept the value of Thinwire Cache Power proposed by the server because the value exceeds the default limits of the client.
Resolution
You need to increase the value for the Thinwire Cache Power.
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On the endpoint of the user who is shadowing, create the Tw2CachePower value under the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\ICA Client\Engine\Configuration\Advanced\Modules\Thinwire3.0
The following are the details of the registry key:
- Value: Tw2CachePower
- Type: REG_SZ
- Data: 19 – 25
Even though the maximum value specified for Tw2CachePower is 25, a value of 24 covers most scenarios. The client device must be able to allocate the memory of 2^24 bytes, if cache power of 24 is used.
If you are shadowing from a XenApp 6 published Desktop, then you need to add the Tw2CachePower value under the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Citrix\ICA Client\Engine\Configuration\Advanced\Modules\Thinwire3.0
