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2 In the remote desktop and application selection window, right-click a remote desktop or application
and select Create Shortcut to Desktop or Add to Start Menu from the context menu that appears.
Depending on the command you selected, a shortcut is created on the client desktop or in the Start menu of
the client system.
What to do next
You can rename, delete, or perform any action on a shortcut that you can perform on shortcuts for locally
installed applications. When you use the shortcut, if you are not already logged in to the server, you are
prompted to log in before the remote desktop or application window opens.
Using Start Menu Shortcuts That the Server Creates
In Horizon 7 version 7.3 and later, a Horizon administrator can congure Start menu shortcuts for remote
desktops and applications.
If you are entitled to remote desktops or applications that have shortcuts, Horizon Client places the
shortcuts in the Start menu on the client system when you connect to the server.
On Windows 7 systems, Horizon Client places shortcuts in the VMware Applications folder in the Start
menu. On Windows 8 and Windows 10 systems, Horizon Client places shortcuts in the Apps list. If a
Horizon administrator creates a category folder for a shortcut, the category folder appears under the
VMware Applications folder or as a category in the Apps list.
You can use a group policy seing to congure whether Horizon Client automatically installs shortcuts,
prompts end users before installing shortcuts, or never installs shortcuts. For more information, see the
Automatically install shortcuts when  on the Horizon server group policy seing in “General
Seings for Client GPOs,” on page 54.
If you are not already logged in to the server when you click a server-created shortcut, Horizon Client
prompts you to log in before the desktop or application window opens.
If a Horizon administrator modies remote desktop and application shortcuts on the server, the shortcuts
are updated on the client system by default the next time you connect to the server. You can change the
shortcut update behavior in Horizon Client. For more information, see “Congure Start Menu Shortcut
Update Behavior,” on page 79.
You can remove server-created shortcuts from the Start menu by deleting the server from the Horizon Client
server selection window or by uninstalling Horizon Client.
N Users are not prompted to install server-created shortcuts, and server-created shortcuts are not
created, on clients in kiosk mode.
Configure Start Menu Shortcut Update Behavior
You can congure whether changes made to remote desktop and application Start menu shortcuts on the
server are applied to the client system when you connect to the server.
Prerequisites
You cannot change the Start menu shortcut update seing unless you have previously installed a Start menu
shortcut from a server.
Procedure
1 Open the Seings dialog box and select Shortcuts.
You can open the Seings dialog box by clicking the  (gear) icon in the upper right corner of the
remote desktop and application selection window, or by right-clicking a remote desktop or application
icon and selecting .
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