The Applications Results pane in the Application Virtualization Client Management Console displays a list of the available applications. Users can see a list of applications for which they have been granted access privileges.
For more information about the procedures you can perform from this pane, see How to Manage Applications in the Client Management Console.
Right-click any application to display a pop-up menu that contains the following elements.
- New Shortcut
- This menu item displays the New Shortcut Wizard. This wizard
consists of three pages:
- Select an icon, and specify a name for the shortcut:
- Change Icon—Displays a standard Microsoft Windows icon
browser. Browse to and select the desired icon.
- Shortcut Title—Enter the name you want to give the
shortcut. This field defaults to the existing name and version of
the application.
- Change Icon—Displays a standard Microsoft Windows icon
browser. Browse to and select the desired icon.
- Determine the location of the published shortcut.
- Location of shortcut—Select a location by selecting one
of the check boxes. The available locations are Desktop,
Quick Launch Toolbar, Send to Menu, Start
Menu, and Another location.
- Programs in the Start Menu—When you select the Start
Menu check box, this field becomes active. Leave this field
blank to publish the shortcut directly to the root of the Programs
folder, or enter a folder name or hierarchy—for example,
"My_Computer\Office Applications." Shortcuts created this way are
available only for the current user.
- Another location and browse button—When you select the
Another location check box, this field becomes active. Enter
any valid location on the machine or any available Universal Naming
Convention (UNC) path(shared file or directory on a network). The
browse button displays a standard Windows File Open dialog
box.
- Location of shortcut—Select a location by selecting one
of the check boxes. The available locations are Desktop,
Quick Launch Toolbar, Send to Menu, Start
Menu, and Another location.
- Enter the desired command-line parameters, and then click
Finish to exit the wizard.
- Select an icon, and specify a name for the shortcut:
- New Association
- This menu item displays the New Association Wizard. This wizard
consists of two pages:
- Enter a file name extension, and associate the extension with a
file type.
- Extension—Enter a file name extension. This field is
blank by default.
- Create a new file type with this description—Select this
radio button to enter a new file type description in the active
field. This button is selected by default, and the active field is
blank.
- Apply this file type to all users—Select this check box
when you want this association to be global for all users. By
default, this box is not selected.
- Link this extension with an existing file type—Select
this radio button to associate the extension with an existing file
type. Choose a file type from the drop-down list. When you choose
this option, Next is changed to Finish.
- Extension—Enter a file name extension. This field is
blank by default.
- Select the application that will open files with the specified
extension:
- Open files with the selected application—Select this
radio button to open the file with an existing application. Choose
an application from the drop-down list of available
applications.
- Open file with the association described in this OSD
file—Select this radio button to specify an Open Software
Descriptor (OSD) file that determines the application used to open
the file. Use the browse button to select an existing location, or
enter a path or HTTP-formatted URL in this field.
- Open files with the selected application—Select this
radio button to open the file with an existing application. Choose
an application from the drop-down list of available
applications.
- Enter a file name extension, and associate the extension with a
file type.
- Repair
- Resets the application default settings and eliminates all user-defined settings for the selected application.
- Load or Unload
- Loads or unloads the selected application into the cache. This command is not available if 100% of the application is in the cache.
- Clear
- Removes the user's settings, shortcuts, and file type associations for the selected application. This item is not available if a user is running any application from a suite of applications. Displays a confirmation prompt.
- Lock or Unlock
- Locks or unlocks an application in the cache. When an application is locked, it cannot be deleted or overwritten.
- Import
- Imports an application into the cache directly from this command in the Applications node.
- Delete
- Deletes an application from the Results pane and from the computer, and clears the application from cache.
- Refresh
- Refreshes the contents of the Results pane.
- Properties
- Displays the Properties dialog box for the selected
application. This dialog box has two tabs:
- The General tab displays the application icon and name,
the location from where the application was streamed, and the path
to the local OSD file. From this tab, you can change the icon for
the application or you can clear the settings (which removes the
shortcuts and the file type associations).
- The Package tab displays information about the
application package, and you can Lock, Unlock,
Load, Unload, and Import applications.
- The General tab displays the application icon and name,
the location from where the application was streamed, and the path
to the local OSD file. From this tab, you can change the icon for
the application or you can clear the settings (which removes the
shortcuts and the file type associations).
- Help
- Displays the Client Management Console help system.
Displaying General Options for the Results pane
Right-click anywhere in the Results pane to display a pop-up menu that contains the following elements.
- New Application
- This menu item displays the New Application Wizard. This wizard
consists of one page where you can select an icon for the
application and browse to or enter a URL or a path to the OSD file:
- Change Icon—Displays a standard Windows icon browser.
Browse to and select the desired icon.
- OSD File Path or URL—Enter a local absolute path, a full
UNC path, or an HTTP URL.
- ... (OSD browse button)—Displays the standard Windows
Open File dialog box. Browse to find the desired file.
- Change Icon—Displays a standard Windows icon browser.
Browse to and select the desired icon.
- Refresh
- Refreshes the Results pane.
- Export List
- You can use this menu item to create a tab-delimited text file that contains the contents of the Results pane. This item displays a standard File Save dialog box where you specify the location for the text file you are creating.
- View
- This pop-up list of menu items lets you change the appearance and content of the Results pane.
- Arrange/Line Up Icons
- These menu items can be used to change how the icons are displayed in the Results pane.
- Help
- Displays the help system for the management console.