Citrix: *.ICA and file type association, open with CDViewer
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Just a small blog because I find it useful in my daily job, I like the CDViewer because I can resize my XenApp windows whenever I want to. If you want to set the CDViewer.exe as default you can go to ‘Control Panel’, ‘ Default Programs’ and select ‘ICA’
Click on browse and go to C:\program files (x86)\Citrix and select CDViewer.exe:
When you confirm this you’ll get the additional bar to resize your XenApp session:
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Kees Baggerman
Kees Baggerman is Senior Technical Director — Performance & Solutions Engineering R&D at Nutanix, where he leads a global team responsible for defining how enterprise applications are delivered on the Nutanix platform. A former Citrix Technology Professional and NVIDIA Enterprise Platform Advisor, he has spent 15+ years driving EUC strategy and technical direction across architecture, product, and customer success. He has been writing here since 2011 — sharing what he learns at the intersection of platform engineering and enterprise IT.
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