Installation and Setup Guide

Table 6‑1. Configuration Properties for USB Redirection (Continued)
Policy Name and Property Description
Disable Remote Configuration Download
Property:
viewusb.DisableRemoteConfig
Disables the use of View Agent settings when performing USB device filtering.
The default value is undefined, which equates to false.
Exclude All Devices
Property:
viewusb.ExcludeAllDevices
Excludes all USB devices from being redirected. If set to true, you can use other
policy settings to allow specific devices or families of devices to be redirected. If set
to false, you can use other policy settings to prevent specific devices or families of
devices from being redirected.
If you set the value of Exclude All Devices to true on View Agent, and this
setting is passed to Horizon Client, the View Agent setting overrides the
Horizon Client setting.
The default value is undefined, which equates to false.
Exclude Device Family
Property:
viewusb.ExcludeFamily
Excludes families of devices from being redirected. The format of the setting is
family_name_1[;family_name_2]...
For example: bluetooth;smart-card
If you have enabled automatic device splitting, View examines the device family of
each interface of a composite USB device to decide which interfaces should be
excluded. If you have disabled automatic device splitting, View examines the device
family of the whole composite USB device.
The default value is undefined.
Exclude Vid/Pid Device
Property:
viewusb.ExcludeVidPid
Excludes devices with specified vendor and product IDs from being redirected. The
format of the setting is vid-xxx1_pid-yyy2[;vid-xxx2_pid-yyy2]...
You must specify ID numbers in hexadecimal. You can use the wildcard character
(*) in place of individual digits in an ID.
For example: vid-0781_pid-****;vid-0561_pid-554c
The default value is undefined.
Exclude Path
Property:
viewusb.ExcludePath
Exclude devices at specified hub or port paths from being redirected. The format of
the setting is bus-x1[/y1]..._port-z1[;bus-x2[/y2]..._port-z2]...
You must specify bus and port numbers in hexadecimal. You cannot use the
wildcard character in paths.
For example: bus-1/2/3_port-02;bus-1/1/1/4_port-ff
The default value is undefined.
Include Device Family
Property:
viewusb.IncludeFamily
Includes families of devices that can be redirected. The format of the setting is
family_name_1[;family_name_2]...
For example: storage
The default value is undefined.
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