


LEAVE THE DESKTOP BEHIND WITH HOSTED APPLICATIONS The VMware Blast Extreme protocol used with Horizon is designed and optimized for mobile users. Contact your IT department for further assistance. IMPORTANT NOTE: A VMware Horizon virtual desktop or hosted application is required to use the VMware Horizon Client for Chrome. Horizon 8.VMware Horizon Client for Chrome VMware Horizon Client for Chrome makes it easy to work on your VMware Horizon virtual desktop and hosted applications from your Chromebook, giving you on-the-go access from any location.Horizon 8.0 Part 10: Deploying the Unified Access Gateway December 31, 2020.What’s In The Studio – Pivoting Community Involvement to Video January 14, 2021.Getting Back to Blogging January 18, 2023.How I Automated Minecraft Server Builds January 26, 2023.This feature require a command-line switch to enable in the Horizon Client installer.

Unlike the Agent install key, it uses a binary value to denote if a feature is installed instead of “local” or “absent.” The Horizon Client has fewer installable options compared to the agent, and the only optional item that does not appear in this key, at least in a default installation, is URL Content Redirection. The contents of this field contain the list of features that are installed in the Windows Horizon Client. Inside this registry key, there will be a key named with a GUID. The path for this registry key on a 64-bit machine is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client\Installer\. Horizon has a single installer that is used for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, so the location of this key will depend on what version of Windows you have installed. There is also a registry key that shows installed features for the Horizon Client on Windows. This registry key is located at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\Installer\Features_HorizonAgentĪs you can see in the attached screenshot, features that are available have a value of “Local.” Features that aren’t available, ie those that were not installed, as listed as being “Absent.” Inside your virtual desktops and RDSH servers, there is a registry key that shows all of the features available in the Horizon agent and whether they are available locally. Thanks to a tip from a couple of my colleagues, including William Uhlig and Dan Berkowitz, there is an easier way to see what was installed with the Horizon Agent.

You could reinstall the agent or client to make sure the component you need is there. You want to try out something in Horizon that requires a change to the Agent or Client, but you can’t remember if it’s been installed. Let’s say you have a desktop pool or RDSH Farm.
