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Procedure
1 On the client system, download the Horizon Client installer le from the VMware product page at
hp://www.vmware.com/go/viewclients.
Select the appropriate installer le, where xxxxxx is the build number and y.y.y is the version number.
Option Action
Horizon Client on 64-bit operating
systems
Select VMware-Horizon-Client-x86_64-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe, where y.y.y
is the version number and xxxxxx is the build number.
Horizon Client on 32-bit operating
systems
Select VMware-Horizon-Client-x86-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe, where y.y.y is
the version number and xxxxxx is the build number.
2 Open a command prompt on the Windows client computer.
3 Type the installation command on one line.
This example installs Horizon Client silently:
VMware-Horizon-Client-x86-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=Core,USB,TSSO"
Alternatively, you could use ADDLOCAL=ALL instead of ADDLOCAL=Core,USB,TSSO.
N The Core feature is mandatory.
What to do next
Start Horizon Client and verify that you can log in to the correct remote desktop or application. See
“Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application,” on page 61.
Silent Installation Properties for Horizon Client
You can include specic properties when you silently install Horizon Client from the command line. You
must use a PROPERTY=value format so that Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) can interpret the properties
and values.
Table 2-1 shows the Horizon Client silent installation properties that you can use at the command-line.
Table 21. MSI Properties for Silently Installing Horizon Client
MSI Property Description Default Value
INSTALLDIR The path and folder in which the Horizon Client software is
installed.
For example: INSTALLDIR=""D:\abc\my folder""
The sets of two double quotes that enclose the path permit the
MSI installer to interpret the space as a valid part of the path.
%ProgramFiles
%\VMware\VMware Horizon
View Client
VDM_IP_PROTOCOL_USAGE Species the IP (network protocol) version that View
components use for communication. The possible values are
IPv4 and IPv6.
IPv4
VDM_SERVER The fully qualied domain name (FQDN) of the View
Connection Server instance to which Horizon Client users
connect by default. When you congure this property,
Horizon Client users do not have to supply this FQDN.
For example: VDM_SERVER=cs1.companydomain.com
This MSI property is optional.
None
DESKTOP_SHORTCUT Congures a desktop shortcut icon for Horizon Client.
A value of 1 installs the shortcut. A value of 0 does not install
the shortcut.
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