Open Local Files in Published Applications

You can turn on the ability to open local files in published applications directly from the local file system.

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

You can also set files to be opened automatically 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 right-click a .docx file on your local file system and open the file with the Microsoft Word published application.

Prerequisites

To open local files in published applications, a Horizon administrator must enable the client drive redirection feature. This task involves enabling the agent Client Drive Redirection option in Horizon Agent. It can also include setting policies to control the client drive redirection behavior. For more information, see the Configuring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon document.

You can hide the client drive redirection feature in Horizon Client by enabling a group policy setting. For more information, see Disable sharing files and folders in General Settings for Client GPOs.

Procedure

1. Connect to a server.
2. Open the Settings dialog box and display the Sharing panel.

   Option	Description
   From the desktop and application selector window	Right-click a remote desktop or published application icon, select Settings, and select Sharing in the left panel of the window that appears.
   From the Sharing dialog box that appears when you connect to a remote desktop or published application	Click the Settings > Sharing link in the dialog box.
   From within a remote desktop	Select Options > Share Folders from the menu bar.

3. Select the Open local files in hosted applications check box.
   When this option is enabled, you can right-click a file in your local file system and select to open the file in a published application. You can also change the properties of the file so that all files with that file extension are opened with the published application by default, such as when you double-click the file. For example, you can right-click a file, select Properties, and click Change to select the published application to open files of that type.