Specific features and functions provided by VMware Dynamic Environment Manager are processed in a specific order. To ensure that applications behave as you expect, familiarize yourself with the processing order.
Processing Order at Boot
VMware Dynamic Environment Manager processes the following Horizon Smart Policies for computer environment settings at boot.
- Horizon Smart Policies for computer environment settings
Processing Order at Logon
The following
VMware Dynamic Environment Manager processes at logon:
- Horizon Smart Policies for user environment settings
- Folder redirection
- Application blocking
- Privilege elevation
- Logon tasks (marked as before profile archive import).
- Environmental variables
- Drive mappings
- Printer mappings
- Files and folders/Registry settings (marked as before profile archive import)
- Hide drives
- Policy settings
- ADMX-based settings
- Application migration
- Triggered tasks
- Processing INI files (that is, profile archive import, setting up the DirectFlex cache)
- Shortcuts
- File type associations
- Files and folders/Registry settings (Marked as After profile archive import) (Default setting)
- Logon tasks (marked as After profile archive import) (Default setting)
- Kick off async creation of shortcuts, drive mappings, and printer mappings
Processing Order at Logoff
The following VMware Dynamic Environment Manager processes at logoff:
- Logoff tasks (marked as Before profile export)
- Processing INI files (that is, profile archive export)
- Logoff tasks (marked as After profile archive export) (Default setting)
- VMware Dynamic Environment Manager undo action
Processing Order of Individual Items
Individual items within each feature are processed in alphabetical order. For example, if you have configured three drive mappings with the following names, they are processed in the following alphabetical order:
- All users: H: home drive mapping
- Financial department F: drive mapping
- Sales team S: drive mapping
