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Table 37. Horizon Client Configuration Template: General Settings (Continued)
Setting Description
Disable time zone forwarding
(Computer Conguration seing)
Determines whether time zone synchronization between the remote desktop and
the connected client is disabled.
Disable toast notifications
(Computer and User Conguration
seing)
Determines whether to disable toast notications from Horizon Client.
Enable this seing if you do not want the user to see toast notications in the
corner of the screen.
N If you enable this seing, the user does not see a 5-minute warning when
the Session Timeout function is active.
Disallow passing through
client information in a
nested session
(Computer Conguration seing)
Species whether Horizon Client should be prevented from passing through
client information in a nested session. When enabled, if Horizon Client is running
inside of a Horizon session, it will send the actual physical client information
instead of the VM device information. This seing applies to the following pieces
of client information: device name and domain, client type, IP address, and MAC
address. This seing is disabled by default, which means passing through client
information in a nested session is allowed.
Don't check monitor alignment
on spanning
(User Conguration seing)
By default, the client desktop does not span multiple monitors if the screens do
not form an exact rectangle when they are combined. Enable this seing to
override the default. This seing is disabled by default.
Enable multi-media
acceleration
(User Conguration seing)
Determines whether multimedia redirection (MMR) is enabled on the client.
MMR does not work correctly if the Horizon Client video display hardware does
not have overlay support.
Enable relative mouse
(Computer and User Conguration
seing)
(View 5.2 and later releases only) Enables the relative mouse when using the
PCoIP display protocol. Relative mouse mode improves mouse behavior for
certain graphics applications and games. If the remote desktop does not support
relative mouse then this seing will not be used. This seing is disabled by
default.
Enable the shade
(User Conguration seing)
Determines whether the shade menu bar at the top of the Horizon Client window
is visible. This seing is enabled by default.
N The shade menu bar is disabled by default for kiosk mode.
Enable Horizon Client online
update
(Computer Conguration seing)
Enables the online upgrade feature This seing is disabled by default.
Tunnel proxy bypass address
list
(Computer Conguration seing)
Species a list of tunnel addresses. The proxy server is not used for these
addresses. Use a semicolon (;) to separate multiple entries.
URL for View Client online
help
(Computer Conguration seing)
Species an alternate URL from which Horizon Client can retrieve help pages.
This seing is intended for use in environments that cannot retrieve the remotely-
hosted help system because they do not have internet access.
URL for Horizon Client online
update
(Computer Conguration seing)
Species an alternate URL from which Horizon Client can retrieve updates. This
seing is intended for use in an environment that denes its own private/personal
update center. If it is not enabled, the VMware ocial update server will be used.
Pin the shade
(User Conguration seing)
Determines whether the pin on the shade at the top of the Horizon Client window
is enabled and auto-hiding of the menu bar does not occur. This seing has no
eect if the shade is disabled. This seing is enabled by default.
Disable desktop disconnect
messages
(Computer and User Conguration
seing)
Species whether messages that are normally shown upon desktop disconnection
should be disabled. These messages are shown by default.
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