Hide items in desktop toolbar

These settings control whether to hide items in the desktop toolbar, the bar appears at the top of a virtual desktop running full screen. 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 Help


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

Hide Support Information


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

Hide Enabled Relative Mouse


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

Hide Share Folders


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

Hide Allow Display Scaling


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

Hide Reset Desktop


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

Hide Restart Desktop


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

Hide Connect USB Device


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


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