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Procedure
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Use the Restart command.
Option Action
From within the desktop
Select Connection > Restart Desktop from the menu bar.
From the desktop selection window
Select the remote desktop and select Connection > Restart Desktop from
the menu bar.
Horizon Client prompts you to conrm the restart action.
The operating system in the remote desktop reboots and Horizon Client disconnects and logs o from the
desktop.
What to do next
Wait an appropriate amount of time for system startup before you aempt to reconnect to the remote
desktop.
If restarting the remote desktop does not solve the problem, you might need to reset the remote desktop. See
“Reset a Remote Desktop or Remote Applications,” on page 76.
Reset a Remote Desktop or Remote Applications
You might need to reset a remote desktop if the desktop operating system stops responding and restarting
the remote desktop does not solve the problem. Reseing remote applications quits all open applications.
Reseing a remote desktop is the equivalent of pressing the Reset buon on a physical PC to force the PC to
restart. Any les that are open on the remote desktop are closed and are not saved.
Reseing remote applications is the equivalent of quiing the applications without saving any unsaved
data. All open remote applications are closed, even applications that come from dierent RDS server farms.
You can reset a remote desktop only if a Horizon administrator has enabled the desktop reset feature for the
desktop.
For information about enabling the desktop reset feature, see the Seing Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon 7 or
Seing Up Published Desktops and Applications in Horizon 7 document.
Procedure
u
Use the Reset command.
Option Action
Reset a remote desktop from within
the desktop
Select Connection > Reset from the menu bar.
Reset a remote desktop from the
desktop and application selection
window
Select the remote desktop and select Connection > Reset from the menu
bar.
Reset remote applications from the
desktop and application selection
window
Click the  buon (gear icon) in the upper right corner of the
window, select Applications in the left pane, click Reset, and click
Continue.
When you reset a remote desktop, the operating system in the remote desktop reboots and Horizon Client
disconnects and logs o from the desktop. When you reset remote applications, the applications quit.
What to do next
Wait an appropriate amount of time for system startup before aempting to reconnect to the remote desktop
or application.
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