VMware Horizon RDSH
  1. Log in to the VMware Horizon Admin Console.
  2. In the left column, navigate to Inventory > Applications.
  3. On the Application Pools screen, click the Add button to add a new application.
  4. On the Add Application Pools screen, select the Add application pool manually radio button.
  5. Enter an ID, Display name, Version, and Publisher for the pool.
  6. In the Path field, enter the full path to the FlexApp One package:
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    \\MyServer\Share\Chrome_20170619\Chrome_20170619.exe
  8. In the Parameters field, specify any FlexApp One arguments using the example below:
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    --sync “C:\ProgramData\FlexAppOne” –-ctl -–index 0

    Note: The number at the end corresponds to the package’s shortcut index, 0 being the first <Link> in the XML file’s <Links> section. Change this value to launch different shortcuts or applications within this package.

  10. Click the Finish button.

    The application can now be assigned and launched from the VMware Horizon Client.

Support for Changing the Default Icons

VMware has added support for changing the default icons for published applications. Below are two methods dependiong on the version of VMware Horizon.

VMware Horizon 7.13

Begining with VMware Horizon 7.13, VMware has added support for changing the default icons for published applications via Horizon console by doing the following steps:

  1. In Horizon Console, select Inventory > Applications.
  2. Select an application pool or multiple application pools and click Application Icon > Associate Application Icon.
  3. To upload an icon, click Upload Icon File and browse for an icon in the .PNG format.

    Important: The icon file must be between 16x16 pixels and 256x256 pixels.

  4. Click OK.

VMware Horizon 7.1

Beginning with VMware Horizon 7.1, VMware has added support for changing the default icons for published applications via PowerCLI. After installation, the icon can be changed by opening a PowerShell cmd prompt and doing the following steps:

Important: Both VMware Horizon 7.1 and PowerCLI 6.5 R2 are required.

  1. Load the required PowerCLI modules:
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    Get-Module - ListAvailable VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView | Import-Module
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    Get-Module - ListAvailable VMware.Hv.Helper | Import-Module
  4. Connect to the VMware Horizon connection server:
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    Connect-HVServer -Server your.connectionserver.com
  6. Set the Application icon to an image file (.ico, .png, .jpg, etc.):
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    Set-HVApplicationIcon -ApplicationName Chrome -IconPath C:\MyIcons\chrome.ico