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What to do next
To clean up the files on the end user's computer, have the end user delete the local mode directory for this
desktop. See “Delete a Local Desktop,” on page 237.
For information about checking out a View desktop for use in local mode, see the View Installation document.
Delete a Local Desktop
When you roll back a local desktop or uninstall View Client, the files that make up a local desktop on that client
computer are not deleted or cleaned up. To remove a local desktop, you must manually delete its files.
Prerequisites
Verify that the local desktop is no longer checked out. If the local desktop contains data that has not been
replicated to the View desktop that resides in the datacenter, ask the end user to check in the desktop. If
checking the desktop in is not possible, use View Administrator to replicate the data. See “Initiate Replications
of Local Desktops,” on page 235.
Procedure
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On the client computer, select and delete the folder that contains the files that make up the local desktop
that you want to delete.
The folder resides in the local desktop check-out directory. When you downloaded your first local desktop,
if you did not click Options and change the directory where the local desktops are stored, they are stored
in the default check-out directory.
Desktop Operating System Default Check-Out Directory
Default directory on Windows 7 and
Windows Vista
C:\Users\ User Name \AppData\Local\VMware\VDM\Local
Desktops\ pool_display_name
Default directory on Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\ User Name \Local
Settings\Application Data\VMware\VDM\Local
Desktops\ pool_display_name
The AppData directory in Windows 7 operating systems is a hidden folder. You might need to show this
hidden folder to navigate to the local desktop files.
Configure Security and Optimization for Local Desktop Operations
You can configure tunneled communications and SSL encryption for local desktop operations. You can also
optimize data transfers between the local computers and the datacenter.
These settings are specific to a single View Connection Server instance. You might want to enable these settings
on an instance that services local desktop users who connect from the Internet, but disable the settings on an
instance that is dedicated to internal users who do not use local desktops.
Prerequisites
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Familiarize yourself with the SSL and tunneled-communications settings for local desktop operations. See
“Setting Security Options for Local Desktop Operations,” on page 238.
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Familiarize yourself with using deduplication and compression to optimize data transfers over the
network. See “Optimizing Data Transfers Between Local-Desktop Host Computers and the
Datacenter,” on page 238.
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