Create Shortcuts for an Application Pool

You can create shortcuts for entitled applications in Horizon Administrator so that the shortcuts appear in the Windows Start menu, on the Windows desktop, or both, on the user's Windows client device. You can specify up to four category folder levels for shortcuts. You can create shortcuts when you create an application pool. You can also create shortcuts when you edit the application pool.

On Mac clients, if Horizon Client for Mac is configured to run published applications from the Applications folder on the local system and allow folder settings from servers, category folders appear in the Applications folder on the Mac client device. For more information, see the VMware Horizon Client for Mac Installation and Setup Guide document.

Prerequisites

• Set up RDS hosts. See Setting Up Remote Desktop Services Hosts.
• Create a farm that contains the RDS hosts. See Creating Farms.
• If you plan to add the application pool manually, gather information about the application. See Worksheet for Creating an Application Pool Manually.
• Install Horizon Client 4.6 for Windows or later on the client device.

Procedure

1. In Horizon Administrator, click Catalog > Application Pools and click Add.
2. In the Add Application Pool wizard, select an RDS farm.
3. Select the type of application pool you want to create.

   Option	Description
   Add application pool manually	Enter the information about the application. See Worksheet for Creating an Application Pool Manually.
   Select installed applications	Filter to find applications by name, installed path, or application type, or select from a list of installed applications. For information about configuring additional options, see Worksheet for Creating an Application Pool Manually.

4. Create a shortcut for the application pool.
   1. Click the Category Folder Browse button.
   2. Select the Select a category folder from the folder list check box.
   3. Select a category folder from the list, or type a folder name in the New Folder text box, and click Add.
      A folder name can be up to 64 characters long. To specify a subfolder, enter a backslash (\) character, for example, dir1\dir2\dir3\dir4. You can enter up to four folder levels. You cannot begin or end a folder name with a backslash, and you cannot combine two or more backslashes. For example, \dir1, dir1\dir2\, dir1\\dir2, and dir1\\\dir2 are invalid. You cannot enter Windows reserved keywords.

      Note: If needed, non-Windows clients can translate the backslash to a forward slash.
   4. Select the shortcut creation method.
      You can select one or both methods.

      Option	Description
      Start Menu/Launcher	Creates a Windows Start menu shortcut on the Windows client device.
      Desktop	Creates a shortcut on the desktop on the Windows client device.

   5. To save your changes, click OK.
5. Click Next.
6. Select Entitle users after this wizard finishes.
7. In the Add Entitlements wizard, click Add, select one or more search criteria, and click Find to find users or groups based on your search criteria, select the users or groups you want to entitle to the application in the pool and click OK.
   A check mark appears in the App Shortcut column for the application pool on the Application Pools page.