Running View Client From The Command Line; View Client Command Usage - VMware View Manager 4.5 Admin Manual

Running View Client from the
Command Line
You can run View Client for Windows from the command line or from scripts. You might want to do this if
you are implementing a kiosk-based application that grants end users access to desktop applications.
You use the command to run the View Client for Windows from the command line. The command includes
wswc
options that you can specify to change the behavior of View Client.
This chapter includes the following topics:

"View Client Command Usage,"

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"View Client Configuration File,"
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"View Client Registry Settings,"
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"View Client Exit Codes,"
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View Client Command Usage
The syntax of the
Use the following form of the
command_line_option [ argument ]] ...
wswc [
The command-line options that you specify alter the behavior of View Client.
By default, the path to the
. For your convenience, add this path to your PATH environment variable.
\bin\wswc.exe
Table 18-1 shows the command-line options that you can use with the
Table 18-1. View Client Command-Line Options
Option
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-checkin
-checkout
-confirmRollback
-connectUSBOnStartup
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command controls the operation of View Client.
wswc
command from a Windows command prompt.
wswc
command executable file is
vdmadmin
Description
Displays the list of command options.
(Local Desktop only) Checks in the specified desktop and unlocks the online
equivalent.
This option requires that you also specify the -desktopName option.
(Local Desktop only) Checks out the specified desktop, and locks the online
equivalent.
(Local Desktop only) Suppresses the confirmation dialog box that appears when
you use the -rollback option. To perform rollback in non-interactive mode,
also specify the -nonInteractive option.
Redirects all USB devices to the desktop that are currently connected to the host.
This option is implicitly set if you specify the -unattended option.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware View\Client
command.
wswc
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