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Table 3‑7. Horizon Client Configuration Template: General Settings
Setting Description
Always on top
(User Configuration setting)
Determines whether the Horizon Client window is always the topmost window.
Enabling this setting prevents the Windows taskbar from obscuring a full-screen
Horizon Client window. This setting is disabled by default.
Default value of the "Hide
the selector after launching
an item" check box
(Computer and User Configuration
setting)
Sets whether the Hide the selector after launching an item check box is selected
by default.
This setting is disabled by default.
Determines if the VMware View
Client should use proxy.pac
file
(Computer Configuration setting)
(View 4.6 and earlier releases only) Determines whether Horizon Client uses a
Proxy Auto Config (PAC) file. Enabling this setting causes Horizon Client to use a
PAC file.
A PAC file (commonly called proxy.pac) helps Web browsers and other user
agents find the appropriate proxy server for a particular URL or Web site request.
If you enable this setting on a multi-core machine, the WinINet application that
Horizon Client uses to find the proxy server information might crash. Disable this
setting if this problem occurs on your machine.
This setting is disabled by default.
NOTE This setting applies to direct connections only. It does not affect tunnel
connections.
Disable time zone forwarding
(Computer Configuration setting)
Determines whether time zone synchronization between the remote desktop and
the connected client is disabled.
Disable toast notifications
(Computer and User Configuration
setting)
Determines whether to disable toast notifications from Horizon Client.
Enable this setting if you do not want the user to see toast notifications in the
corner of the screen.
NOTE If you enable this setting, the user does not see a 5-minute warning when
the Session Timeout function is active.
Disallow passing through
client information in a
nested session
(Computer Configuration setting)
Specifies whether Horizon Client should be prevented from passing through
client information in a nested session. When enabled, if Horizon Client is running
inside of a Horizon session, it will send the actual physical client information
instead of the VM device information. This setting applies to the following pieces
of client information: device name and domain, client type, IP address, and MAC
address. This setting is disabled by default, which means passing through client
information in a nested session is allowed.
Don't check monitor alignment
on spanning
(User Configuration setting)
By default, the client desktop does not span multiple monitors if the screens do
not form an exact rectangle when they are combined. Enable this setting to
override the default. This setting is disabled by default.
Enable multi-media
acceleration
(User Configuration setting)
Determines whether multimedia redirection (MMR) is enabled on the client.
MMR does not work correctly if the Horizon Client video display hardware does
not have overlay support.
Enable relative mouse
(Computer and User Configuration
setting)
(View 5.2 and later releases only) Enables the relative mouse when using the
PCoIP display protocol. Relative mouse mode improves mouse behavior for
certain graphics applications and games. If the remote desktop does not support
relative mouse then this setting will not be used. This setting is disabled by
default.
Enable the shade
(User Configuration setting)
Determines whether the shade menu bar at the top of the Horizon Client window
is visible. This setting is enabled by default.
NOTE The shade menu bar is disabled by default for kiosk mode.
Enable View Client online
update
(Computer Configuration setting)
Enables the online upgrade feature This setting is disabled by default.
Tunnel proxy bypass address
list
(Computer Configuration setting)
Specifies a list of tunnel addresses. The proxy server is not used for these
addresses. Use a semicolon (;) to separate multiple entries.
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