Installation and Setup Guide

The following table shows the command-line options that you can use with the vmware-view command.
Table 3‑11. Horizon Client Command-Line Options
Option Description
/?
Displays the list of command options.
-appName application_name
Species the name of the application as it would appear in the desktop and
application selection window. This is the display name that was specied for
the application pool in the pool creation wizard.
-appProtocol protocol
Species the remote application display protocol to use, if available. The
display protocol can be Blast or PCoIP.
-appSessionReconnectionBehavior
argument
Species the application reconnection behavior seing.
n
always implements Reconnect automatically to open applications
n
never implements Do not ask to reconnect and do not automatically
reconnect
n
ask implements Ask to reconnect to open applications
When you use this option, the application reconnection seings are disabled
on the Seings page in Horizon Client.
-args argument
Species command-line arguments to add to remote application launch. For
example: vmware-view.exe --serverURL 10.10.10.10 --appName "My
Notepad++" --args "\"my new.txt\""
-connectUSBOnStartup When set to true, redirects all USB devices to the desktop that are currently
connected to the host. This option is implicitly set if you specify the
-unattended option. The default is false.
-connectUSBOnInsert When set to true, connects a USB device to the foreground desktop when
you plug in the device. This option is implicitly set if you specify the
-unattended option. The default is false.
-desktopLayout window_size
Species how to display the window for the desktop:
fullscreen
Full-screen display.
multimonitor
Multiple-monitor display.
windowLarge
Large window.
windowSmall
Small window.
length X width
Custom size. For example: 800 X 600
-desktopName desktop_name
Species the name of the desktop as it would appear in the desktop and
application selection window. This is the display name that was specied for
the pool in the pool creation wizard.
I Do not specify this option for clients in kiosk mode. This option
has no eect when in the desktop is run in kiosk mode. For kiosk mode, the
connection is made to the rst desktop in the list of entitled desktops.
-desktopProtocol protocol
Species the display protocol to use as it would appear in the desktop and
application selection window. The display protocol can be Blast, PCoIP, or
RDP.
-domainName domain_name
Species the NETBIOS domain that the end user uses to log in to
Horizon Client. For example, you would use mycompany rather than
mycompany.com.
-file le_path
Species the path of a conguration le that contains additional command
options and arguments. See “Horizon Client Conguration File,” on page 67.
-h
Shows help options.
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