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To set the clipboard memory size, modify the Windows registry value HKLM\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware
VDPService\Plugins\MKSVchan\ClientClipboardSize. The value type is REG_DWORD. The value is specied
in KB. If you specify 0 or do not specify a value, the default client clipboard memory size is 8192 KB (8 MB).
A large clipboard memory size can negatively aect performance, depending on your network. VMware
recommends that you do not set the clipboard memory size to a value greater than 16 MB.
Using Remote Applications
Remote applications look and feel like applications that are installed on your client PC or laptop.
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You can minimize and maximize a remote application through the application. When a remote
application is minimized, it appears in the taskbar of your client system. You can also minimize and
maximize the remote application by clicking its icon in the taskbar.
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You can quit a remote application through the application or by right-clicking its icon in the taskbar.
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You can press Alt+Tab to switch between open remote applications.
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If a remote application creates a Windows System Tray item, that item also appears in the system tray
on your Windows client computer. By default, the system tray icons only appear to show notications,
but you can customize this behavior just as you do with natively installed applications.
N If you open the Control Panel to customize the notication area icons, the names of the icons for
remote applications are listed as VMware Horizon Client - application name.
Saving Documents in a Remote Application
With certain remote applications, such as Microsoft Word or WordPad, you can create and save documents.
Where these documents are saved depends on your company's network environment. For example, your
documents might be saved to a home share mounted on your local computer.
Administrators can use an ADMX template le to set a group policy that species where documents are
saved. This policy is called "Set Remote Desktop Services User Home Directory." For more information, see
the "RDS Proles Seings" topic in the Seing Up Desktop and Application Pools in View document.
Printing from a Remote Desktop or Application
From a remote desktop, you can print to a virtual printer or to a USB printer that is aached to your client
computer. Virtual printing and USB printing work together without conict.
You can use the virtual printing feature with the following types of remote desktops and applications:
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Remote desktops that run Windows Server operating systems
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Session-based desktops (on virtual machine RDS hosts)
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Remote hosted applications
Chapter 5 Working in a Remote Desktop or Application
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