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Table Of Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows
- Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows
- System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients
- System Requirements for Windows Clients
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- Requirements for Scanner Redirection
- Requirements for Using Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
- Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection
- Requirements for Using Microsoft Lync with Horizon Client
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Client Browser Requirements for Using the Horizon Client Portal
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing View Connection Server for Horizon Client
- Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware
- Installing Horizon Client for Windows
- Configuring Horizon Client for End Users
- Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections
- Working in a Remote Desktop or Application
- Feature Support Matrix for Windows Clients
- Internationalization
- Enabling Support for Onscreen Keyboards
- Using Multiple Monitors
- Connect USB Devices
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Using Scanners
- Copying and Pasting Text and Images
- Using Remote Applications
- Printing from a Remote Desktop or Application
- Control Adobe Flash Display
- Using the Relative Mouse Feature for CAD and 3D Applications
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Index
To specify a port number, use the following syntax:
server-address:port-number
path-part
Specifies the desktop or application. Use the desktop display name or
application display name. This name is the one specified in View
Administrator when the desktop or application pool was created. If the
display name has a space in it, use the %20 encoding mechanism to represent
the space.
query-part
Specifies the configuration options to use or the desktop or application
actions to perform. Queries are not case-sensitive. To use multiple queries,
use an ampersand (&) between the queries. If queries conflict with each
other, the last query in the list is used. Use the following syntax:
query1=value1[&query2=value2...]
Supported Queries
This topic lists the queries that are supported for this type of Horizon Client. If you are creating URIs for
multiple types of clients, such as desktop clients and mobile clients, see the Using VMware Horizon Client
guide for each type of client system.
action
Table 3‑2. Values That Can Be Used with the action Query
Value Description
browse
Displays a list of available desktops and applications hosted on the
specified server. You are not required to specify a desktop or
application when using this action.
start-session
Launches the specified desktop or application. If no action query is
provided and the desktop or application name is provided,
start-session is the default action.
reset
Shuts down and restarts the specified desktop or remote
application. Unsaved data is lost. Resetting a remote desktop is the
equivalent of pressing the Reset button on a physical PC. In
Horizon Client 3.0, if you specify an application, the action will be
ignored.
In Horizon Client 3.1, if you specify an application, the end user is
prompted to confirm quitting all remote applications.
logoff
Logs the user out of the guest operating system in the remote
desktop. If you specify an application, the action will be ignored or
the end user will see the warning message "Invalid URI action."
connectUSBOnInsert
Connects a USB device to the foreground desktop when you plug in the
device. This query is implicitly set if you specify the unattended query. To
use this query, you must set the action query to start-session or else not
have an action query. Valid values are yes and no. An example of the syntax
is connectUSBOnInsert=yes.
connectUSBOnStartup
Redirects all USB devices to the desktop that are currently connected to the
client system. This query is implicitly set if you specify the unattended query.
To use this query, you must set the action query to start-session or else not
have an action query. Valid values are yes and no. An example of the syntax
is connectUSBOnStartup=yes.
desktopLayout
Sets the size of the window that displays a remote desktop. To use this
query, you must set the action query to start-session or else not have an
action query.
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