You can remove a Horizon Agent hotpatch where Horizon Agent is already installed without needing to uninstall and reinstall Horizon Agent. You can also uninstall a patch silently by running a PowerShell script.

Prerequisites

  • In Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features , verify Horizon Agent is already installed and note the build number.
  • In Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Installed Updates, verify the Horizon Agent Update Patch is the same build number as the Horizon Agent build.

Procedure

  1. To uninstall the patch, go to Control Panel > Programs > Uninstall or change a Program , select the patch and click Uninstall.
    Uninstalling a patch will revert to the previous build.
  2. Restart the system for the changes to take effect.

What to do next

Verify that no reference of the patch exists in the registry: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\VMware, Inc.\AgentVersions!view-agent and HKLM:\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\Vmware VDM!BuildNumber or in Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features .