User manual
Table Of Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows
- Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows
- System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients
- System Requirements for Windows Clients
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- Requirements for Scanner Redirection
- Requirements for Serial Port Redirection
- Requirements for Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
- Requirements for Flash Redirection
- Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection
- Requirements for URL Content Redirection
- Requirements for Using Microsoft Lync with Horizon Client
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Device Authentication Requirements
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client
- Clearing the Last User Name Used to Log In to a Server
- Configure VMware Blast Options
- Using Internet Explorer Proxy Settings
- Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware
- Installing Horizon Client for Windows
- Configuring Horizon Client for End Users
- Common Configuration Settings
- Using URIs to Configure Horizon Client
- Configuring Certificate Checking for End Users
- Configuring Advanced TLS/SSL Options
- Configure Application Reconnection Behavior
- Using the Group Policy Template to Configure VMware Horizon Client for Windows
- Running Horizon Client from the Command Line
- Using the Windows Registry to Configure Horizon Client
- Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections
- Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application
- Use Unauthenticated Access to Connect to Remote Applications
- Tips for Using the Desktop and Application Selector
- Share Access to Local Folders and Drives
- Hide the VMware Horizon Client Window
- Reconnecting to a Desktop or Application
- Create a Desktop or Application Shortcut on Your Client Desktop or Start Menu
- Switch Desktops or Applications
- Log Off or Disconnect
- Working in a Remote Desktop or Application
- Feature Support Matrix for Windows Clients
- Internationalization
- Enabling Support for Onscreen Keyboards
- Resizing the Remote Desktop Window
- Monitors and Screen Resolution
- Connect USB Devices
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Copying and Pasting Text and Images
- Using Remote Applications
- Printing from a Remote Desktop or Application
- Control Adobe Flash Display
- Clicking URL Links That Open Outside of Horizon Client
- Using the Relative Mouse Feature for CAD and 3D Applications
- Using Scanners
- Using Serial Port Redirection
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Index
L
log in, View Connection Server 67
log off 75
M
media file formats, supported 13
Microsoft Lync support 16
Microsoft RDP 77, 82
Microsoft Windows Installer
command-line options for silent installation 30
properties for View Client 29
multimedia redirection (MMR) 13
multiple monitors 82–84
N
nested mode 80
O
onscreen keyboards 82
operating systems, supported on the agent 19
options
display protocol 67
screen layout 67
P
pasting text and images 92
PCoIP 77
PCoIP client session variables 57
preferences, desktop 67
preferred microphone 91
preferred webcam 91
prerequisites for client devices 19
print from a desktop 93
printers, setting up 94
proxy PAC file 21
R
RDP GPO settings 50
Real-Time Audio-Video, system requirements 11
registry
settings equivalent to command-line
commands 64
settings for View Client 64
relative mouse 96
remote applications 93
reset desktop 104
resizing a remote desktop 82
restart desktop 104
S
saving documents in a remote application 93
scanner redirection 12, 97
screen layout 67
security servers 19
security settings GPOs 47
serial port redirection 12, 98
server connections 67
server certificate verification 41
sharing files and folders from the client
system 72
shortcut keys 99
shortcuts, for remote desktops and
applications 74
silent installation
Horizon Client 27
View Client 27
smart card authentication, requirements 17
SSL certificates, verifying 41
SSL options 43
streaming multimedia 13
switch desktops 75
system requirements, for Windows 10
T
text, copying 92
thin client support 77
ThinPrint setup 94
timeouts 74
TWAIN scanners 12, 97
U
Unauthenticated Access 70
Unified Communications 16
uninstalling Horizon Client 105
upgrading Horizon Client 32
URI examples 39
URI syntax for Horizon Clients 36
URIs (uniform resource identifiers) 36
URL Content Redirection 15, 96
USB devices
setting GPOs for 45
using with View desktops 77
USB settings, GPOs 54
USB printers 93, 95
V
vdm_client.adm file for setting GPOs 45
verification modes for certificate checking 41
View Client
command syntax 60
installing on a Windows PC or laptop 26
installing silently on a Windows PC or
laptop 27
registry settings 64
silent installation properties 29
system requirements for Windows 10
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows
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