Installation and Setup Guide
Table Of Contents
- VMware Horizon Client for Windows Installation and Setup Guide
- Contents
- VMware Horizon Client for Windows Installation and Setup Guide
- System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients
- System Requirements for Windows Client Systems
- System Requirements for Horizon Client Features
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- System Requirements for Scanner Redirection
- System Requirements for Serial Port Redirection
- System Requirements for Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
- System Requirements for Flash Redirection
- Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection
- System Requirements for HTML5 Multimedia Redirection
- System Requirements for Microsoft Lync with Horizon Client
- Requirements for Using URL Content Redirection
- Requirements for Using Skype for Business with Horizon Client
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client
- Clearing the Last User Name Used to Log In to a Server
- Configure VMware Blast Options
- Using Internet Explorer Proxy Settings
- Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware
- Installing Horizon Client for Windows
- Configuring Horizon Client for End Users
- Common Configuration Settings
- Using URIs to Configure Horizon Client
- Setting the Certificate Checking Mode in Horizon Client
- Configuring Advanced TLS/SSL Options
- Configure Application Reconnection Behavior
- Using the Group Policy Template to Configure VMware Horizon Client for Windows
- Running Horizon Client From the Command Line
- Using the Windows Registry to Configure Horizon Client
- Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections
- Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application
- Use Unauthenticated Access to Connect to Remote Applications
- Tips for Using the Desktop and Application Selector
- Share Access to Local Folders and Drives with Client Drive Redirection
- Hide the VMware Horizon Client Window
- Reconnecting to a Desktop or Application
- Create a Desktop or Application Shortcut on the Client Desktop or Start Menu
- Using Start Menu Shortcuts That the Server Creates
- Switch Desktops or Applications
- Log Off or Disconnect
- Working in a Remote Desktop or Application
- Feature Support Matrix for Windows Clients
- Internationalization
- Enabling Support for Onscreen Keyboards
- Resizing the Remote Desktop Window
- Monitors and Screen Resolution
- Connect USB Devices with USB Redirection
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Copying and Pasting Text and Images
- Using Remote Applications
- Printing from a Remote Desktop or Application
- Control Adobe Flash Display
- Clicking URL Links That Open Outside of Horizon Client
- Using the Relative Mouse Feature for CAD and 3D Applications
- Using Scanners
- Using Serial Port Redirection
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Index
You can hide the display scaling seing by enabling the Horizon Client Locked Guest Size group policy
seing. Enabling the Locked Guest Size group policy seing does not disable the DPI Synchronization
feature. To disable the DPI Synchronization feature, a Horizon administrator must disable the DPI
Synchronization group policy seing. For more information, see “Using DPI Synchronization,” on
page 91.
In a multiple-monitor setup, using display scaling does not aect the number of monitors and the maximum
resolutions that Horizon Client supports. When display scaling is allowed and in eect, scaling is based on
the DPI seing of the primary monitor.
This procedure describes how to enable the Display Scaling feature before you connect to a remote desktop
or application. You can enable the Display Scaling feature after you connect to a remote desktop by selecting
Options > Allow Display Scaling.
Procedure
1 Start Horizon Client and connect to a server.
2 In the desktop and application selection window, right-click the remote desktop or application and
select .
3 Select the Allow display scaling check box.
4 Click Apply to save your changes.
5 Click OK to close the dialog box.
Using DPI Synchronization
The DPI Synchronization feature ensures that the remote desktop's DPI seing matches the client machine's
DPI seing for new remote sessions. When you start a new session, Horizon Agent sets the DPI value in the
remote desktop to match the DPI value of the client machine.
The DPI Synchronization feature cannot change the DPI seing for active remote sessions. If you reconnect
to an existing remote session, the Display Scaling feature scales the remote desktop or application
appropriately.
The DPI Synchronization feature is enabled by default. A Horizon administrator can disable the DPI
Synchronization feature by disabling the Horizon Agent DPI Synchronization group policy seing. You
must log out and log in again to make the conguration change take eect. For more information, see the
Conguring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7 document.
When the DPI Synchronization feature and the Display Scaling feature are both enabled, only one feature
takes eect at any given time. Display scaling occurs only when DPI synchronization has not yet taken eect
(that is, before the DPI seing on the remote desktop matches the DPI seing on the client machine), and
display scaling stops working after the DPI seings match.
For single-session virtual machine desktops, the DPI Synchronization feature is supported on the following
guest operating systems:
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32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7
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32-bit or 64-bit Windows 8.x
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32-bit or 64-bit Windows 10
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Windows Server 2008 R2 congured as a desktop
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Windows Server 2012 R2 congured as a desktop
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Windows Server 2016 congured as a desktop
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