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Magneet, Please feel free to use any of my code. And thank you for the hv.helper module. I suspect you tcan integrate the code better than I into that module. I have used the module in my code as you see and thank you again for that. I am now testing my code in a test environment by putting test machines in unreachable_agent state - basically logging into a specific desktop and killing of the Agent service, -  and then refreshing them (my test environment is isolated into a single pool specific test pool). I have tested a bit before posting so the code works for me. Please enjoy. Nice to be able to "pay it forward". Thanks to you, cjrege, and  jrodsguitar!

Interested parties, It took a bit of browsing git hub....but I think I just found code on github that may have the snippet I need. GitHub - cjrege/HorizonView: VMware Horizon View PowerShell Module Specifically see function Invoke-ViewComposerTask And in that function:    if ($Refresh){    $refreshSpec = New-Object VMware.Hv.DesktopRefreshSpec    $refreshSpecHelper = New-Object VMware.Hv.DesktopService+DesktopRefreshSpecHelper    switch ($LogOffSetting){    "WAIT_FOR_LOGOFF" {    $refreshSpec.LogoffSetting = $refreshSpecHelper.LOGOFF_SETTING_WAIT_FOR_LOGOFF   }    "FORCE_LOGOFF" {    $refreshSpec.LogoffSetting = $refreshSpecHelper.LOGOFF_SETTING_FORCE_LOGOFF   }   default {    throw "Logoff setting not permitted"   }   }    if ($StartTime){    $refreshSpec.StartTime = $StartTime   }    if ($StartNow){    $refreshSpec.StartTime = (Get-Date).AddMinutes(1)   }    $refreshSpec.Machines = $machines.Id    $refreshSpec.StopOnFirstError = $StopOnFirstError    # Execute refresh    Write-Host Refreshing $desktopPool.Base.Name -ForegroundColor Cyan    $desktopService.Desktop_Refresh($HvServices, $desktopPoolId, $refreshSpec)   } Don't know why this was pasted into a table...but here you can see the code above that should refresh the desktop using machine id Written by user cjrege. I am going to try now. Thanks to all and will post when I solve this.

Magneet, I do not want to delete the machine. I want to Refresh it only. Is it possible to do this using only a connection to an HVserver....Connect-HVServer but not using a Connect-VIServer? I did see your code and you solution. Perhaps what I am attempting is not possible. Do you know?

Jose, Thanks so much for your answer. I am sorry I steered you wrong. I am using Horizon 7 Version 7.2 so I can not use snap-ins. The commandlets you are using are no longer available. No Send-VDILinkedCloneRefresh in this version. Just the View API - VMware API Explorer - VMware {code} View API 7.1.0, Agent version 7.2.0 I would like to do what is on the View Horizon Admin Center Version 7 as Catalog -> Desktop Pools -> Select one of the Pools....-> Look at Inventory of Machines -> Select one -> View Composer -> Refresh So the previous Send-VDILinkedCloneRefresh is probably what I needed prior to this version. I am using VMWare.Hv.Helper....but no equivalent commandlets there that I can tell.