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Table 3‑11. Horizon Client Command-Line Options (Continued)
Option Description
-hideClientAfterLaunchSession When set to true, hides the remote desktop and application selector window
and the Show VMware Horizon Client menu after launching a remote
session. When set to false, shows the remote desktop and application
selector window and the Show VMware Horizon Client menu after
launching a remote session. The default is true.
-languageId Locale_ID
Provides localization support for dierent languages in Horizon Client. If a
resource library is available, specify the Locale ID (LCID) to use. For US
English, enter the value 0x409.
-listMonitors
Lists index values and display layout information for the connected monitors.
For example:
1: (0, 0, 1920, 1200)
2: (1920, 0, 3840, 1200)
3: (-900, -410, 0, 1190)
You can use the index values in the -monitors option.
-logInAsCurrentUser When set to true, uses the credential information that the end user provides
when logging in to the client system to log in to the Connection Server
instance and ultimately to the remote desktop. The default is false.
-monitors "n[,n,n,n]"
Species monitors to use in a multiple-monitor setup, where n is the index
value of a monitor. You can use the -listMonitors option to determine the
index values of the connected monitors. You can specify up to four index
values, separated by commas. For example: -monitors "1,2"
This option has no eect unless -desktopLayout is set to multimonitor.
-nonInteractive
Suppresses error message boxes when starting Horizon Client from a script.
This option is implicitly set if you specify the -unattended option.
N If you log in to a server in non-interactive mode, you are not
prompted to install Start menu shortcuts (if available), and shortcuts are
installed by default.
-noVMwareAddins
Prevents loading of VMware-specic virtual channels such virtual printing.
-password password
Species the password that the end user uses to log in to Horizon Client. The
password is processed in plain text by the command console or any scripting
tool. You do not need to specify this option for clients in kiosk mode if you
generate the password automatically. For improved security, it is
recommended that you do not specify this option. Users can enter the
password interactively.
-printEnvironmentInfo
Displays the IP address, MAC address, and machine name of the client
device.
-serverURL connection_server
Species the URL, IP address, or FQDN of the Connection Server instance.
-shutdown
Shuts down all desktops and applications and relevant UI components.
-singleAutoConnect
Species that if the user is entitled to only one remote desktop or application,
after the user authenticates to the server, the desktop or application is
automatically connected and the user is logged in. This seing spares the user
from having to select the desktop or application from a list that contains only
one item.
-smartCardPIN PIN
Species the PIN when an end user inserts a smart card to login.
-usernameHint user_name
Species the account name to use as the username hint.
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