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Table 3‑7. Horizon Client Configuration Template: General Settings (Continued)
Setting Computer User Description
Enable Horizon Client
online update
X Enables the online update feature. This seing is enabled by
default.
N In Horizon Client 4.6.1, you can also disable the online
update feature by seing the AUTO_UPDATE_ENABLED property to 0
when you install Horizon Client from the command line. For more
information, see “Installation Properties for Horizon Client,” on
page 28.
Tunnel proxy bypass
address list
X Species a list of tunnel addresses. The proxy server is not used for
these addresses. Use a semicolon (;) to separate multiple entries.
URL for Horizon
Client online help
X Species an alternate URL from which Horizon Client can retrieve
help pages. This seing is intended for use in environments that
cannot retrieve the remotely-hosted help system because they do
not have internet access.
URL for Horizon
Client online update
X Species an alternate URL from which Horizon Client can retrieve
updates. This seing is intended for use in an environment that
denes its own private/personal update center. If it is not enabled,
the VMware ocial update server is used.
Pin the shade
X Determines whether the pin on the shade at the top of the
Horizon Client window is enabled and auto-hiding of the menu
bar does not occur. This seing has no eect if the shade is
disabled. This seing is enabled by default.
Disable desktop
disconnect messages
X X Species whether messages that are normally shown upon
desktop disconnection should be disabled. These messages are
shown by default.
Disable sharing files
and folders
X Species whether client drive redirection functionality is available
in Horizon Client.
When this seing is set to Enabled, all client drive redirection
functionality is disabled in Horizon Client, including the ability to
open local les with remote applications. In addition, the
following elements are hidden in the Horizon Client user interface:
n
Sharing panel in the Seings dialog box
n
Share Folders item in the Option menu in a remote desktop
n
Sharing item for Horizon Client in the system tray
n
Sharing dialog box that appears the rst time you connect to a
remote desktop or application after you connect to a server
When this seing is set to Disabled, the client drive redirection
feature is fully functional. If this seing is not congured, the
default value is Disabled. This seing is not congured by default.
Always hide the
remote floating
language (IME) bar
for Hosted Apps
X X Forces the oating language bar o for application sessions. When
this seing is enabled, the oating language bar is never shown in
a remote application session, regardless of whether the local IME
feature is enabled. When this seing is disabled, the oating
language bar is shown only if the local IME feature is disabled.
This seing is disabled by default.
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