Use these advanced FlexEngine settings to configure VMware Dynamic Environment Manager in specific scenarios.
Caution: These advanced configuration settings must be used only by experienced Windows administrators when a specific functionality is required.
| Setting | XML Attribute | Description |
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| Symantec Endpoint Protection DirectFlex export fix | DirectFlexExportFallback="1" |
Set the value to 1 |
| DirectFlex compatibility fix for BeyondTrust and Avecto | DirectFlexRenewHook="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Allow processing ADMX-based settings, application blocking, privilege elevation and Horizon Smart Policies configuration during a session | AllowAdmxInSession="1" |
Set the value to 1 |
| Remove local profile at logoff | RemoveLocalProfileAtLogoff="1"
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Note: All settings and user data stored in the user profile are deleted.
RemoveLocalProfileAtLogoff to 1 to let Windows remove a local profile at logoff.To skip removal of local profile at logoff for certain users or devices, specify a comma-separated list of group names. For example,SkipRemoveLocalProfileAtLogoffForGroupsOfUsers="UserGroup1, UserGroup2"SkipRemoveLocalProfileAtLogoffForGroupsOfDevices="DeviceGroup1, DeviceGroup2"Set the value of SkipRemoveLocalProfileAtLogoffForAdminGroup to 1 if you do not want to remove local profile at logoff for the members of the local administrators group.
Note: Enabling this feature can impact the logoff performance in some scenarios like multi-user (RDSH).
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| Prevent export for failed import | SkipExportForFailedImport="1" |
Set the value to 1 |
| Disable DirectFlex - option 1 | DisableDirectFlex="1" |
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| Printer mapping - number of retries when mapping | MapPrinterRetryCount="20" |
Set the value to any number (default 20) (decimal) |
| Printer mapping - number of retries when unmapping | UnmapPrinterRetryCount="20" |
Set the value to any number (default 20) (decimal) |
| Special Drive Mapping Logic | SpecialDriveMappingLogic="2" |
Set the value to 2 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable during logon only | UEMActionDriveMappingDuringLogon="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable during logon only | UEMActionFileTypeAssociationDuringLogon="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable during logon only | UEMActionPrinterMappingDuringLogon="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable during logon only | UEMActionShortCutDuringLogon="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UEMActionPrivilegeElevation="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UemActionAdmx="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UEMActionApplicationBlocking="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UEMActionDriveMapping="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UEMActionEnvVar="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UEMActionFileTypeAssociation="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UEMActionFolderRedirection="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UEMActionHorizonPolicy="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UEMActionImport="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UEMActionPrinterMapping="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UEMActionShortcut="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UEMActionTask="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UemActionHideDrive="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UemActionPolicy="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UemActionTriggeredTask="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Disable DEM agent features - Disable completely | UemActionMigrate="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Environment Variable prefix | EnvVarPrefix="anyvalue" |
Set to anyvalue |
| Validate .REG file | ValidateRegFile="1" |
Set the value to 1 |
| Compatibility fix for Sophos EndPoint Protection | DirectFlexFollowJMPHook="1" |
Set the value to 1 |
| Compatibility fix for VMware Horizon smartcard redirection | DirectFlexHookLoadLibrary="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Global excludes | GlobalExcludesConfigFile="filename.INI" |
Use this setting to apply global exclusions across all Flex config files. Specify the absolute or relative path to your global excludes Flex config file here. If a relative path is specified, it is resolved against the General folder. |
| Diagnostics: Collect performance log | PerformanceLogFilename="perflog.blg"PerformanceCounter1="..." PerformanceCounter2="..." ... PerformanceCounter10="..." |
Enable this setting to collect a binary performance log while DEM is performing a path-based import. This log can be subsequently viewed and analyzed in Windows Performance Monitor. If only the performance log filename is configured, the following performance counters are collected.
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| Diagnostics: Log CPU and I/O statistics at logon and logoff | LogProcessStatsAtLogonAndLogoff="1" |
Set the value to 1 to log CPU and I/O statistics at logon and logoff |
| Diagnostics: Log CPU and I/O statistics for registry import | LogProcessStatsForRegistryImport="1" |
Set the value to 1 to log CPU and I/O statistics for registry import |
| Diagnostics: Log CPU consumption | CpuConsumptionLimit="threshold" |
Enable this setting to log CPU consumption of other processes that were running while DEM performed a path-based import or export. CPU usage is logged for each process that consumed more CPU than the configured threshold (in milliseconds) |
| Diagnostics: Log slow calls | CallTimeLimit="threshold" |
Enable this setting to configure how long certain calls can take (in milliseconds) before a warning is logged |
| Diagnostics: Enable verbose logging for ADMX-based settings, application blocking, privilege elevation and Horizon Smart Policies | AdmxLogging="1" |
Set the value to 1 |
| DFS namespace support for application blocking (requires DEM 2111 or later) | ApplicationBlockingSupportDFSPath="1" |
Set the value to 1 |
| Disable undo at logoff (requires DEM 2111 or later) | FolderRedirectionUndo="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Folder redirection - Disable folder name localization (requires DEM 2111 or later) | FolderRedirectionLocalization="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Multiple concurrent sessions - Perform single import and export | MultiSession="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Multiple concurrent sessions - Apply Horizon Smart Policies in every session | HorizonSmartPoliciesMultiSession="0" |
Set the value to 0 |
| Only perform path-based export (requires DEM 2111 or later) | ExportOnly="1" |
Set the value to 1 |
| Override existing user policy registry settings (requires DEM 2111 or later) | AllowAdmxOverride="1" |
Set the value to 1 |
| Silo-specific Flex config files | SiloIniFilePath="path" |
Specify the absolute path with silo-specific configuration files |
| Silo-specific suffix | SiloSuffix="suffix" |
Specify silo suffix to use. It defaults to last component of silo-specific Flex config files path |
| Process environment variable settings before folder redirection (requires DEM 2203 or later) | ProcessEnvVarBeforeFolderRedirection="1" |
Set the value to 1 to process DEM environment variables settings before folder redirection settings |
| Override previously hidden drive letters (requires DEM 2203 or later) | OverrideHideDrives="1" |
Set the value to 1 to override the existing Hide Drives Settings. |
| Custom Commands | ||
| Custom command to run before path-based import | PreExecutionCommand="command" |
Specify the command to run |
| Custom command to run after path-based import (requires DEM 2111 or later) | PostLogonCommand="command" |
Specify the command to run |
| Custom command to run before path-based export (requires DEM 2111 or later) | PreLogoffCommand="command" |
Specify the command to run |
| Custom command to run after path-based export (requires DEM 2111 or later) | PostLogoffCommand="command" |
Specify the command to run |
| Expand environment variables in custom command settings (requires DEM 2203 or later) | ExpandCustomCommands="1" |
Set the value to 1 |
| Custom commands as SYSTEM | ||
| Custom command to run before path-based import (requires DEM 2303 or later) | PreLogonCommandAsSystem="command" |
Specify the command to run. This command is executed before its PreExecutionCommand user counterpart. |
| Custom command to run after path-based import (requires DEM 2303 or later) | PostLogonCommandAsSystem="command" |
Specify the command to run. This command is executed after its PostLogonCommand user counterpart. |
| Custom command to run before path-based export (requires DEM 2303 or later) | PreLogoffCommandAsSystem="command" |
Specify the command to run. This command is executed before its PreLogoffCommand user counterpart. |
| Custom command to run after path-based export (requires DEM 2303 or later) | PostLogoffCommandAsSystem="command" |
Specify the command to run. This command is executed after its PostLogoffCommand user counterpart. |
| Expand environment variables in custom command settings ran as SYSTEM (requires DEM 2303 or later) | ExpandCustomCommandsAsSystem="1" |
Set the value to 1 |
| Use built-in registry parser (requires DEM 2206 or later) | EnableRegParser="1" |
Set the value to |
| License location (requires DEM 2206 or later) | LicenseLocation="path to FlexEngine.lic" |
Set the value to the fully-qualified absolute path of the license file, to override the default location where the DEM agent expects to find its license. For example, By default, the DEM agent finds its license in the |
| Disable import and export (requires DEM 2209 or later) |
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Specify a comma-separated list of group names to disable import and export for certain users or devices. For example,
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