To use the Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser with the URL Content Redirection feature on a Windows client or Windows agent machine, you must install the VMware Horizon URL Content Redirection Helper extension in the Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser.

You install the VMware Horizon URL Content Redirection Helper extension from the Chrome Web Store.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. In the Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser, enter https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vmware-horizon-url-conten/lfidjngibpklhhijphdmbmedchiiolgk.
  2. Click the Add extensions from other stores button at the top of the browser window and click Allow.
  3. Click Add to Chrome.
  4. When you are prompted to add the extension to Microsoft Edge (Chromium), click Add extension.
  5. To verify that the extension is installed, click the Settings and more (…) icon in the upper-right corner of the browser window and select Extensions.
    VMware Horizon URL Content Redirection Helper appears in the Installed extensions list.

Results

The first time a URL is redirected from the Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser on the client, the user is prompted to open the URL in Horizon Client. The user must click Open URL:VMware Hori...lient Protocol, or URL redirection does not occur.