Every time an application is launched, it opens with a browser instead locally installed workspace app even though the native workspace app is the default selection.

• For Chrome & Firefox, the "%localappdata%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences" needs to be synced on Citrix profile management.
• For IE we found that once we installed the Citrix ICA plugin it will launch automatically. refer https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX224639 to do this: -In the Group Policy editor, go to: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer. Double-click Automatically activate/enable newly installed add-ons and select Enabled.