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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.
The rst time you connect to the server, Horizon Client might prompt you to install the shortcuts, or the
shortcuts might be installed automatically, depending on how your system administrator has congured
this feature.
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 15.
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.
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 .
2 Select or deselect the Automatically update list of application and desktop shortcuts check box.
3 Click OK to save your changes.
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