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Reset a Remote Desktop or Published Applications
You might need to reset a remote desktop if the desktop operating system stops responding and
restarting the remote desktop does not solve the problem. Resetting published applications quits all open
applications.
Resetting a remote desktop is the equivalent of pressing the Reset button on a physical PC to force the
PC to restart. Any files that are open on the remote desktop are closed and are not saved.
Resetting published applications is the equivalent of quitting the applications without saving any unsaved
data. All open published applications are closed, even applications that come from different RDS server
farms.
You can reset a remote desktop only if a Horizon administrator has enabled the desktop reset feature for
the desktop.
For information about enabling the desktop reset feature, see the Setting Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon
7 or Setting Up Published Desktops and Applications in Horizon 7 document.
Procedure
u
Use the Reset command.
Option Action
Reset a remote desktop from the
desktop and application selection
window
Select the remote desktop name, press Control-click, and select Reset from the
context menu.
Reset published applications from the
desktop and application selection
window
Click the Settings button (gear icon) in the upper right corner of the window,
select Applications in the left pane, click Reset, and click Continue.
When you reset a remote desktop, the operating system in the remote desktop reboots and
Horizon Client disconnects and logs off from the desktop. When you reset published applications, the
applications quit.
What to do next
Wait an appropriate amount of time for system startup before attempting to reconnect to the remote
desktop or published application.
Uninstalling Horizon Client
You can sometimes resolve problems with Horizon Client by uninstalling and reinstalling the
Horizon Client application.
You uninstall Horizon Client by using the same method that you usually use to uninstall any other
application.
Drag the VMware Horizon Client application from the Applications folder to the Trash and empty the
trash.
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