Installation and Setup Guide

Table 2‑2. Horizon Client Command-Line Options and Configuration File Keys (Continued)
Configuration Key Command-Line Option Description
view.defaultPassword -p "-", --password="-" For VMware Blast, PCoIP, and rdesktop
connections, always specify "-" to read the
password from stdin.
Sets the password that Horizon Client uses for all
connections and adds the password to the
Password eld in the authentication dialog box if
View Connection Server accepts password
authentication.
N You cannot use a blank password. That is,
you cannot specify --password=""
view.defaultProtocol --protocol=
Species which display protocol to use. Specify
"PCOIP" or "RDP". These values are case-
sensitive. For example, if you enter rdp the
protocol used will be the default. Default is the
seing specied in View Administrator, under
pool seings for the pool.
If you use RDP and you want to use FreeRDP
rather than rdesktop, you must also use the
rdpClient seing.
view.defaultUser -u, --userName=
Sets the user name that Horizon Client uses for all
connections and adds the user name that you
specify to the User Name eld in the
authentication dialog box.
For kiosk mode, the account name can be based
on the client's MAC address, or it can begin with a
recognized prex string, such as custom-.
view.disableMaximizedApp --disableMaximizedApp If set to "FALSE" (the default), the application is
launched in full screen mode.
view.enableMMR
None Enables multimedia redirection (MMR).
Specify "TRUE" or "FALSE". Default is "FALSE".
view.fullScreen --fullscreen
Hides the host operating system and opens the
Horizon Client user interface in full screen mode
on one monitor. This option does not aect the
screen mode of the desktop session.
If you are seing the conguration key, specify
"TRUE" or "FALSE". Default is "FALSE".
view.kbdLayout -k, --kbdLayout=
Species which locale to use for the keyboard
layout.
N rdesktop uses locale codes, such as "fr"
and "de", whereas freerdp uses keyboard layout
IDs. For a list of these IDs, use the following
command:
xfreerdp --kbd-list
Example of using the command-line option for
rdesktop:
--kbdLayout="en-us"
-k "fr"
Example of using the command-line option for
freerdp:
-k "0x00010407"
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