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Configure Unity Touch
You can configure a default list of favorite applications that appear in the Unity Touch sidebar, and you can
disable or enable the Unity Touch feature after it is installed.
Configure Favorite Applications Displayed by Unity Touch
With the Unity Touch feature, tablet and smart phone users can quickly navigate to a Horizon View desktop
application or file from a Unity Touch sidebar. Although end users can specify which favorite applications
appear in the sidebar, for added convenience, administrators can configure a default list of favorite
applications.
If you use floating desktop pools, the favorite applications and favorite files that end users specify will be
lost when they disconnect from a desktop unless you enable roaming user profiles in Active Directory.
The default list of favorite applications list remains in effect when an end user first connects to a desktop
that is enabled with Unity Touch. However, if the user configures his or her own favorite application list,
the default list is ignored. The user's favorite application list stays in the user's roaming profile and is
available when the user connects to different desktops in a floating or persistent pool.
If you create a default list of favorite applications and one or more of the applications are not installed in the
Horizon View desktop operating system, or the paths to these applications are not found in the Start menu,
the applications do not appear in the list of favorites. You can use this behavior to set up one master default
list of favorite applications that can be applied to multiple virtual machine images with different sets of
installed applications.
For example, if Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft Visio are installed on one virtual machine, and
Windows Powershell and VMware vSphere Client are installed on a second virtual machine, you can create
one list that includes all four applications. Only the installed applications appear as default favorite
applications on each respective desktop.
You can use different methods to specify a default list of favorite applications:
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Add a value to the Windows registry on the desktop virtual machines
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Create an administrative installation package from the Remote Experience Agent installer and
distribute the package to the virtual machines
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Run the Remote Experience Agent installer from the command line on the virtual machines
NOTE Unity Touch assumes that shortcuts to applications are located in the Programs folder in the Start
menu. If any shortcut is located outside of the Programs folder, attach the prefix Programs to the shortcut
path. For example, Windows Update.lnk is located in the ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu folder.
To publish this shortcut as a default favorite application, add the prefix Programs to the shortcut path. For
example: "Programs/Windows Update.lnk".
Prerequisites
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Verify that the Remote Experience Agent is installed on the virtual machine.
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Verify that you have administrative rights on the virtual machine. For this procedure, you might need
to edit a registry setting.
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If you have floating desktop pools, use Active Directory to set up roaming user profiles. Follow the
instructions provided by Microsoft.
Users of floating pool desktops will be able to see their list of favorite applications and favorite files
every time they log in.
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