User manual

Procedure
1 On the client system, download the Horizon Client installer file from the VMware product page at
http://www.vmware.com/go/viewclients.
Select the appropriate installer file, where xxxxxx is the build number and y.y.y is the version number.
Option Action
Horizon Client on 64-bit operating
systems
Select VMware-Horizon-Client-x86_64-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe, where
y.y.y is the version number and xxxxxx is the build number.
Horizon Client on 32-bit operating
systems
Select VMware-Horizon-Client-x86-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe, where y.y.y is
the version number and xxxxxx is the build number.
2 Open a command prompt on the Windows client computer.
3 Type the installation command on one line.
This example installs Horizon Client silently:
VMware-Horizon-Client-x86-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=Core,USB,TSSO"
Alternatively, you could use ADDLOCAL=ALL instead of ADDLOCAL=Core,USB,TSSO.
NOTE The Core feature is mandatory.
What to do next
Start Horizon Client and verify that you can log in to the correct remote desktop or application. See
“Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application,” on page 59.
Silent Installation Properties for Horizon Client
You can include specific properties when you silently install Horizon Client from the command line. You
must use a PROPERTY=value format so that Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) can interpret the properties
and values.
Table 2-1 shows the Horizon Client silent installation properties that you can use at the command-line.
Table 2‑1. MSI Properties for Silently Installing Horizon Client
MSI Property Description Default Value
INSTALLDIR The path and folder in which the Horizon Client software is
installed.
For example: INSTALLDIR=""D:\abc\my folder""
The sets of two double quotes that enclose the path permit the
MSI installer to interpret the space as a valid part of the path.
%ProgramFiles
%\VMware\VMware Horizon
View Client
VDM_IP_PROTOCOL_USAGE Specifies the IP (network protocol) version that View
components use for communication. The possible values are
IPv4 and IPv6.
IPv4
VDM_SERVER The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the View
Connection Server instance to which Horizon Client users
connect by default. When you configure this property,
Horizon Client users do not have to supply this FQDN.
For example: VDM_SERVER=cs1.companydomain.com
This MSI property is optional.
None
DESKTOP_SHORTCUT Configures a desktop shortcut icon for Horizon Client.
A value of 1 installs the shortcut. A value of 0 does not install
the shortcut.
1
Chapter 2 Installing Horizon Client for Windows
VMware, Inc. 27