User manual

Troubleshooting Horizon Client 5
You can solve most problems with Horizon Client by restarting or reseing the desktop, or by reinstalling
the VMware Horizon Client application.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Restart a Remote Desktop,” on page 65
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“Reset a Remote Desktop or Remote Applications,” on page 65
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“Uninstalling Horizon Client,” on page 66
Restart a Remote Desktop
You might need to restart a remote desktop if the desktop operating system stops responding. Restarting a
remote desktop is the equivalent of the Windows operating system restart command. The desktop operating
system usually prompts you to save any unsaved data before it restarts.
You can restart a remote desktop only if a Horizon administrator has enabled the desktop restart feature for
the desktop.
For information about enabling the desktop restart feature, see the Seing Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon 7 or
Seing Up Published Desktops and Applications in Horizon 7 document.
Procedure
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In the desktop and application selection window, select the remote desktop name, press Control-click,
and select Restart from the context menu.
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 65.
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.
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