

Navigate to Citrix Studio, edit the properties of the application, click Delivery and enter a name under Application category (optional).

A requirement was to place applications within their own folders for better organisation. Now look how the application appears in the Start Menu under the My Citrix Apps folder. Step 4 – Testing it all works and categorising applications HKLM/Software/WOW6432Node/Citrix/Dazzle – 64bit machines. HKLM/Software/Citrix/Dazzle – 32bit machines. The names are as below both with a value of 1. Next to speed up the Self Service application refresh (the time it takes resources to appear in the Start Menu or Desktop) we can create another two REG_SZ values. HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\AuthManager – 64bit machines. HKLM\Software\Citrix\AuthManager – 32bit machines. Remember that this is only needed for HTTP stores. To get around the Your apps are not available at this time message add a REG_SZ entry with the name ConnectionSecurityMode and the value Any. Step 3 – Edit the Registry to optimise delivery of applications to Start Menu/Desktop and fix HTTP error Unfortunately by default this message appears.
ADD PROGRAM TO START MENU INSTALL
More command line strings can be used and more detail on what is available can be found here After the Receiver install and at least a log off/on for the SSONSVR.EXE service to kick in you should see your configured store as below. STARTMENUDIR is used to specify the folder that applications will fall under within the Start Menu. ALLOWADDSTORE=A allows HTTP stores to be added to Receiver (by default this is not allowed). Simply run a command line install such as the one below. Step 2 – Install Receiver via command line installing the SSON component and configure Start Menu integration I am using HTTP for my store and whilst this is not the recommended protocol I want to use it to show you a couple of things you must do in the event your store also uses HTTP. The On value makes the store active within Citrix Receiver. The XenApp value at the beginning matches the same name as my Citrix store so this value should match yours. Navigate to Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> Citrix Receiver -> Storefront -> Storefront Accounts List.Ĭheck Enabled and click Show… Enter a store name as below. Tick Enable pass-through authentication and Allow pass-through authentication for all ICA connections. Navigate to Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> Citrix Components -> Citrix Receiver -> User Authentication -> Local user name and password. Now create or edit an existing Group Policy object. An ADML file will also be downloaded and must go within the language folder in PolicyDefinitions such as en-US.

Receiver policy templates can be downloaded from Citrix. If you haven’t already imported the Receiver.axmx file into the PolicyDefinitions folder within SYSVOL on your Domain Controller do so now. Step 1 – Configure Group Policy for single sign-on and StoreFront provisioning Applications must also be categorised within their own folders. Some applications must automatically appear in the Start Menu whilst other applications should only appear if subscribed by the user using Self Service. Applications should reside within the Start Menu and optionally on the Desktop. Users should have Citrix Receiver with single sign-on configured and the Citrix store must be automatically provisioned for the user. Let’s take the following scenario and implement it: To install Receiver via command line see
ADD PROGRAM TO START MENU WINDOWS
To configure single sign-on with Receiver for Windows see The best experience for users using Receiver includes single sign-on and resources residing in a specific folder within the Start Menu and/or Desktop. You can also configure the location via GPO and command line install which I will show. The most recent version 4.5 of Receiver for Windows allows users to select the Start Menu and Desktop location themselves. Adding Citrix resources to the Start Menu and Desktop has been possible for quite some time now with the use of Citrix Receiver.
