Installation and Setup Guide

Use the following form of the vmware-view command from a Windows command prompt.
vmware-view [command_line_option [argument]] ...
The default path to the vmware-view command executable file depends on your system.
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On 32-bit systems, the path is C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\.
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On 64-bit systems, the path is C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View
Client\.
For your convenience, add this path to your PATH environment variable.
The following table shows the command-line options that you can use with the vmware-view command.
Table 3‑11. Horizon Client Command-Line Options
Option Description
/?
Displays the list of command options.
-appName application_name Specifies the name of the application as it would appear in the desktop and
application selection window. This is the display name that was specified for the
application pool in the pool creation wizard.
-appProtocol protocol Specifies the published application display protocol to use, if available. The display
protocol can be VMware Blast or PCoIP.
-appSessionReconnectionBehavior
argument
Specifies the application reconnection behavior setting.
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always implements Reconnect automatically to open applications
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never implements Do not ask to reconnect and do not automatically
reconnect
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ask implements Ask to reconnect to open applications
When you use this option, the application reconnection settings are disabled on the
Settings page in Horizon Client.
-args argument Specifies command-line arguments to add to published application launch. For
example: vmware-view.exe --serverURL 10.10.10.10 --appName "My
Notepad++" --args "\"my new.txt\""
-connectUSBOnStartup
When set to true, redirects all USB devices to the remote desktop or published
application that are currently connected to the host. This option is implicitly set if you
specify the -unattended option for a remote desktop. The default is false.
-connectUSBOnInsert
When set to true, connects a USB device to the foreground remote desktop or
published application when you plug in the device. This option is implicitly set if you
specify the -unattended option for a remote desktop. The default is false.
-desktopLayout window_size Specifies how to display the window for the desktop:
fullscreen
Full-screen display.
multimonitor
Multiple-monitor display.
windowLarge
Large window.
windowSmall
Small window.
length X width
Custom size. For example: 800 X 600
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