You can turn on the ability to open local files in published applications directly from the local file system. This feature is supported for Windows-based published applications only.

With this feature, the Open With Other Application command on the client system lists the available published applications when you right-click a local file.

You can also set files to be opened by default in published applications when you double-click the file. With this feature, all files on your local file system that have certain file extensions are registered with the server that you are logged in to. For example, if Microsoft Word is a published application on the server, you can double-click a .docx file on your local file system to open the file with the Microsoft Word published application.

Prerequisites

To open local files in published applications, an administrator must perform the following prerequisite tasks.

  • Install the client drive redirection feature in Horizon Agent. The client drive redirection feature is installed by default. For more information, see the Horizon Remote Desktop Features and GPOs document.
  • Set the view.enableFileAssociation property to "TRUE" in the Horizon Client configuration files. For more information, see Horizon Client Configuration Settings and Command-Line Options.

Procedure

  1. Connect to a server.
  2. Click the Settings button (gear icon) in the upper-right corner of the desktop and application selector window and select Applications in the left pane.
  3. To turn on the ability to open local files with published applications from the local file system, select the Open local file in hosted applications check box. Then close the Settings window.

    Select the "Open local file in hosted applications" option in the Applications panel of the Settings window.
  4. In your local file system, open the file in a published application.
    • To use the published application to open the file once, right-click the file and select Open With Other Application. If needed, select the option to view all applications. Then select the published application from the list.
      Select the published application to open the local file.
    • To set the published application as the default application for opening all files with the given file extension, right-click the file and select Properties. Use the controls in the Properties window to set the published application as the default.