Installation and Setup Guide

7 If you are prompted to install applications or desktops to the Start menu, click Yes or No.
This prompt can appear the first time you connect to a server on which shortcuts have been
configured for published applications or remote desktops. If you click Yes, Start menu shortcuts are
installed on the client system for those published applications or remote desktops, if you are entitled
to use them. If you click No, Start menu shortcuts are not installed.
You can configure the Automatically install shortcuts when configured on the Horizon server
group policy setting to prompt end users to install shortcuts (the default), install shortcuts
automatically, or never install shortcuts.
8 (Optional) To configure display settings for remote desktops, either right-click a desktop icon or select
a desktop icon and click the Settings (gear-shaped) icon next to the server name in the upper portion
of the window.
Option Description
Display protocol If the Horizon administrator has allowed it, you can use the Connect Via list to
select the display protocol. To use VMware Blast, Horizon Agent 7.0 or later must
be installed.
Display layout Use the Display list to select a window size or to use multiple monitors.
9 To connect to a remote desktop or application, either double-click its icon or right-click the icon and
select Launch from the context menu.
If you are connecting to a published desktop, which is hosted on a Microsoft RDS host, and if the
desktop is already set to use a different display protocol, you cannot connect immediately. You are
prompted to either use the protocol set or have the system log you off the remote operating system
so that a connection can be made with the protocol you selected.
After you are connected, the remote desktop or application window appears. If you are entitled to more
than one desktop or application, the desktop and application selector window also remains open, so that
you can connect to multiple items at the same time.
If the client drive redirection feature is enabled, the Sharing dialog box appears and you can allow or deny
access to files on the local file system. For more information, see Share Access to Local Folders and
Drives with Client Drive Redirection.
After a successful connection is made, an icon for this server is saved to the Horizon Client home
window. The next time you use Horizon Client to connect to this server, you can double-click the icon, or,
if you use only this one server, you can right-click the icon for the server and select Autoconnect to this
Server from the context menu.
If authentication to the server fails, or if the client cannot connect to the remote desktop or application,
perform the following tasks:
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Determine whether the server is configured not to use SSL. The client software requires SSL
connections. Check whether the global setting in Horizon Administrator for the Use SSL for client
connections check box is deselected. If so, you must either select the check box, so that SSL is
used, or set up your environment so that clients can connect to an HTTPS enabled load balancer or
other intermediate device that is configured to make an HTTP connection to Connection Server.
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