User manual
Table Of Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows
- Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows
- System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients
- System Requirements for Windows Clients
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- Requirements for Using Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
- Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection
- Requirements for Using Microsoft Lync with Horizon Client
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Client Browser Requirements for Using the Horizon Client Portal
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing View Connection Server for Horizon Client
- Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware
- Installing Horizon Client for Windows
- Configuring Horizon Client for End Users
- Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections
- Working in a Remote Desktop or Application
- Feature Support Matrix
- Internationalization
- Using Multiple Monitors
- Connect USB Devices
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Copying and Pasting Text and Images
- Using Remote Applications
- Printing from a Remote Desktop
- Control Adobe Flash Display
- Using the Relative Mouse Feature for CAD and 3D Applications
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Index
You can connect USB devices to a remote desktop either manually or automatically.
NOTE Do not redirect USB devices such as USB Ethernet devices and touch screen devices to the remote
desktop. If you redirect a USB Ethernet device, your client system will lose network connectivity. If you
redirect a touch screen device, the remote desktop will receive touch input but not keyboard input. If you
have set your virtual desktop to autoconnect USB devices, you can configure a policy to exclude specific
devices. See the topic "Configuring Filter Policy Settings for USB Devices" in the Setting Up Desktop and
Application Pools in View document.
IMPORTANT This procedure tells how to use a VMware Horizon Client menu item to configure
autoconnecting USB devices to a remote desktop. You can also configure autoconnecting by using the
Horizon Client command-line interface or by creating a group policy.
For more information about the command-line interface, see “Running Horizon Client from the Command
Line,” on page 48. For more information about creating group policies, see the Setting Up Desktop and
Application Pools in View document.
Prerequisites
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To use USB devices with a remote desktop, the View administrator must have enabled the USB feature
for the remote desktop.
This task includes installing the USB Redirection component of View Agent, and can include setting
group policies regarding USB redirection. For more information, see the View Administration document
if you are using Vew Connection Server and Agent 5.x or an earlier version. See Setting Up Desktop and
Application Pools in View if you are using View Connection Server and Agent 6.0 or later.
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When Horizon Client was installed, the USB Redirection component must have been installed. If you
did not include this component in the installation, run the installer again to modify the components and
include the USB Redirection component.
Procedure
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Manually connect the USB device to a remote desktop.
a Connect the USB device to your local client system.
b From the VMware Horizon Client menu bar, click Connect USB Device.
c Select the USB device.
The device is manually redirected from the local system to the remote desktop.
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Configure Horizon Client to connect USB devices automatically to the remote desktop when you plug
them in to the local system.
If you plan to connect devices that use MTP drivers, such as Android-based Samsung smart phones and
tablets, be sure to use this autoconnect feature.
a Before you plug in the USB device, start Horizon Client and connect to a remote desktop.
b From the VMware Horizon Client menu bar, select Connect USB Device > Autoconnect USB
Devices when Inserted.
c Plug in the USB device.
USB devices that you connect to your local system after you start Horizon Client are redirected to the
remote desktop.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows
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