Apps fail to start, Port 3389 closed, only work if container is started manually

[m0389]

Docker Version: 1:28.3.3
Docker Compose Version: 2.39.2
freerdp Version: 2:3.16

After completing the setup as in the readme and letting the script scan the Win11 install for suitable apps,
when trying to launch any of the discovered apps (Word for example),
I get the messages
"Booting Windows"
and simultaneously
"The Windows RDP port 3389 is closed"

~/.local/share/winapps/winapps.log:

[Mon Aug 11 12:09:38 PM CEST 2025-5426] START
[Mon Aug 11 12:09:38 PM CEST 2025-5426] SCRIPT_DIR: /home/USERlocal/bin
[Mon Aug 11 12:09:38 PM CEST 2025-5426] SCRIPT_ARGS: word-o365
[Mon Aug 11 12:09:38 PM CEST 2025-5426] HOME_DIR: /home/USER
[Mon Aug 11 12:09:38 PM CEST 2025-5426] LAST_RUN: 1754906771
[Mon Aug 11 12:09:38 PM CEST 2025-5426] THIS_RUN: 1754906978
[Mon Aug 11 12:09:38 PM CEST 2025-5426] Using FreeRDP command 'xfreerdp3'.
[Mon Aug 11 12:09:38 PM CEST 2025-5426] WINDOWS SHUT OFF. BOOTING WINDOWS.
[Mon Aug 11 12:09:39 PM CEST 2025-5426] ERROR: RDP PORT CLOSED. EXITING.

journalctl:

Aug 11 12:00:22 HOST systemd[141011]: Started Word.
Aug 11 12:00:22 HOST systemd[141011]: app-word\[email protected]: Main process exited, code=exited, status=13/n/a
Aug 11 12:00:22 HOST systemd[141011]: app-word\[email protected]: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

If I start the docker container manually and establish an RDP connection manually with
xfreerdp3 /u:"MyWindowsUser" /p:"MyWindowsPassword" /v:127.0.0.1 /cert:tofu
which is the FREERDP_COMMAND + RDP_FLAGS in .config/winapps/winapps.conf

I can establish a connection
and AFTERWARDS I can use the 'app launcher' to directly start Word or any other program

[iloveakitas]

Hello, I had the exact same issue but I have flatpak freerdp and podman-compose from brew, do you find yourself in this situation? I had to change the .desktop entries like this Exec=env PATH=/var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH /home/user/.local/bin/winapps word-o365 %F
It is very likely in your situation that your .desktop execs need some change

[m0389]

I will try that, though I installed through pacman, not as a flatpack

[m0389]

how did you find that that was a solution
and what exactly did it accomplish?
since im not using linuxbrew or flatpak, there is no equivalent addendum for me

[iloveakitas]

Winapps didn't use my binaries paths from linux brew, I was thinking maybe if it doesn't see the port for rdp (as I had the exact same error when it didnt see my binaries), maybe you should try giving it paths to freerdp and docker/podman binaries on your .local/share/applications .desktop entries. If it runs from terminal it's probably a problem with the exec on the .desktop file