Deployment Guide

Add-on creation for Amazon WorkSpaces
client packages
Prerequisites
This application installation is supported only from Windows 10 Enterprise 2019 LTSC unified image. Before installing the
package, ensure that Write Filter is disabled. If Write Filter is not disabled, it fills the Unified Write Filter Overlay and the updates
made are not persistent across reboot.
NOTE: For more information about Amazon WorksSpaces client version, see the release notes section in Amazon
WorkSpaces User Guide at www.docs.aws.amazon.com.
Steps
1. Download the Amazon Workspace client package from https://clients.amazonworkspaces.com/ .
2. Create a folder named C:\Temp\AWS on your thin client.
3. Copy the Amazon WorkSpace client to the C:\Temp\AWS folder.
4. Copy the following text on a notepad and save the file as HKCU.reg:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Amazon Web Services. LLC\Amazon WorkSpaces\WinSparkle]
"CheckForUpdates"="1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Amazon Web Services. LLC\Amazon WorkSpaces\WinSparkle]
"CheckForUpdates"="1"
NOTE: Edit the file to customize the above registry.
5. Copy HKCU.reg to the C:\Temp\AWS folder.
6. Copy the following text on a notepad and save the file as ExecuteAWS.bat:
NOTE: Ensure that the add netsh command line is on a single line when you execute the command in a batch script.
@echo
REM
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rem Installation of Amazon workspace space client
msiexec.exe /i C:\Temp\Amazon+WorkSpaces.msi /quiet /norestart
REM-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
rem For adding reg merges and AWS customizations
regedit.exe /s “C:\Temp\HKCU.reg”
REM-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
rem For Adding firewall rules
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "AWS" dir=in program="c:\Program Files
(x86)\Amazon Web Services, Inc\Amazon WorkSpaces\workspaces.exe" action=allow
description="Workspaces" enable=yes profile=any protocol=UDP
rem For Adding firewall rules
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "AWS" dir=in program="c:\Program Files
(x86)\Amazon Web Services, Inc\Amazon WorkSpaces\workspaces.exe" action=allow
description="Workspaces" enable=yes profile=any protocol=TCP
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del C:\Temp\HKCU.reg
del C:\Temp\Amazon+WorkSpaces.msi
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