This article is intended for Citrix administrators and technical teams only.
 
Non-admin users must contact their company’s Help Desk/IT support team and can refer to CTX297149 for more information.



As a Receiver administrator, you can configure Receiver for Windows 4.x to automatically place application and desktop shortcuts directly in the Start menu or on the desktop .

Alternatively, where you have large numbers of applications that would clog the Start Menu or you have users wanting to choose their favorite applications, you can configure Receiver for Windows to enable the user to select the applications they want to see in their Start menu.

This article describes the general steps to configure Receiver to Application Shortcuts where you might want them. Detailed instructions can be found at Citrix eDocs - Configure Receiver for Windows​

A user has to subscribe an application if they want it to be present as desktop shortcut . To subscribe all the applications disable the self service mode. In this mode all apps are subscribed automatically. This disables the SelfService UI and all apps are subscribed automatically.

To subscribe specific applications ,administrator can use KEYWORDS in the application properties from Studio.

Instructions

1. Receiver 4.5 and newer has a user interface for setting Shortcut Paths. Right-click the Receiver icon, click Advanced Preferences, and then click Settings Option.

2.From Citrix Docs Configuring application delivery: There are several methods of controlling how Receiver displays shortcuts on the Start Menu and Desktop as detailed below:

• Receiver Registry values
• Receiver.admx GPO Template
• From StoreFront in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\Roaming\web.config
• Published App Keywords (e.g. prefer or mandatory). 
• Receiver 4.5 and newer supports published app Delivery configuration for adding the shortcut to the desktop. This only works if the app is a Favorite, or if Favorites are disabled, or Mandatory Store.

  

3.Under HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Citrix\Dazzle (or HKCU\Software\Wow6432Node\Citrix\Dazzle) are several registry values related to shortcuts. Some of the settings only apply if SelfServiceMode is set to False. Here are some common options:

• SelfServiceMode – set to False so Receiver disables the Self-Service interface and automatically places all published shortcuts on the Start Menu and/or Desktop. More details in Configuring application delivery at Citrix Docs.
• PutShortcutsOnDesktop – set to True to place every app on the desktop
• DesktopDir – Receiver places every shortcut on the desktop so it’s probably best to place them in a folder.
• StartMenuDir – If there is potentially a conflict between local apps and remote apps, then you should place the Start Menu shortcuts in a folder.

4.If you import the receiver.admx (and .adml) into the PolicyDefinitions folder, under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Citrix Components > Citrix Receiver is a new node called SelfService.

Disable the Manage SelfServiceMode setting to hide the Receiver Window.

Enable the Manage App shortcut setting to control placement of shortcuts.