Hide items in application context menu

These settings control whether to hide items in the right click contextual menu for applications from the client launcher page. By default the policy is disabled and the Horizon Client shows all items.

This GPO is supported by Horizon Client 5.0 and later.

Supported on:

Hide Settings


  1. Yes
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client
    Value NameHideSettingsAppContext
    Value TypeREG_SZ
    Valuetrue
  2. No
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client
    Value NameHideSettingsAppContext
    Value TypeREG_SZ
    Valuefalse

Hide Create Shortcut to Desktop


  1. Yes
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client
    Value NameHideCreateShortcutToDesktopAppContext
    Value TypeREG_SZ
    Valuetrue
  2. No
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client
    Value NameHideCreateShortcutToDesktopAppContext
    Value TypeREG_SZ
    Valuefalse

Hide Add to Start Menu


  1. Yes
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client
    Value NameHideAddToStartMenuAppContext
    Value TypeREG_SZ
    Valuetrue
  2. No
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client
    Value NameHideAddToStartMenuAppContext
    Value TypeREG_SZ
    Valuefalse

Hide Mark as Favorite


  1. Yes
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client
    Value NameHideMarkAsFavoriteAppContext
    Value TypeREG_SZ
    Valuetrue
  2. No
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client
    Value NameHideMarkAsFavoriteAppContext
    Value TypeREG_SZ
    Valuefalse


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