Hi there,
I hope this is the correct forum for this question. I couldn't find the info I was looking for while searching online.
Is it possible to disable the maximize/minimize/disconnect button from the top bar after that appears after connecting to any VM? I'm using VMWare View client 4.6. If you need more info, please let me know. Thanks,
If I am not mistaken, I believe what you want is this setting:
"Enable the shade"
Determines whether the shade menu bar at the top of the View Client window is visible. This setting is enabled by default. NOTE The shade menu bar is disabled by default for kiosk mode.
You can check out the View Client GPO options. You may be able to disable the shade from there.
Thanks for the suggestion. Somehow finding the documentation on view client was challenging ![]()
I've gone through the client configuration settings available through GPO from the following documentation. Unless I missed somehow, it doesn't have any setting that can control the minimize/close button on the client.
If I am not mistaken, I believe what you want is this setting:
"Enable the shade"
Determines whether the shade menu bar at the top of the View Client window is visible. This setting is enabled by default. NOTE The shade menu bar is disabled by default for kiosk mode.
Thanks for that hint. I just tried it out and it works great, but that's not what I'm looking for. Although I can see this would be useful sometimes.
I'd still like the menubar on the top. I guess what I'm looking for is something similar to the policy "Pin the shade" but for the other buttons on the menubar. But looks like there is no such policy that can enable/disable the minimize or maximize or disconnect button.
There are no policys for the specific buttons. Just the shade.
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Looks like "Enable the shade" is the only option I can get closest to what I was looking for (at least for now). So, I've marked this as the answer.
Thanks everyone for your help.
Hi
What if you need the shade menu bar? I need it to allow workstations to use a USB device and connect to it when plugged into the workstation. Is there a way of doing that without the shade bar? Can just the Close Button be disabled? LIke everyone else I too have issues when users do not log out of their session including hanging application functions used through the VDI.
Thanks
