HOWTO Configure Application Pre-Launch in XenApp 6.5

• Citrix Receiver 3.0 for Windows
• Online Plugin 13.0

• Select an application for pre-launch from the AppCenter.
• Right-click the application and select Other tasks.
• Create a pre-launch application.
• After you complete it, a new pre-launch application is added to the application list with an icon followed by an application name, as shown in the following screen shot.
  Note: Pre-launch is available only for the application’s configured users.

• On the client device, verify the setting of the following registry key(Default Installation Values):
  32bit systems: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\ICA Client\Prelaunch
  64bit systems: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Citrix\ICA Client\Prelaunch

• Close the Receiver and then re-open it.
  Note: Do not start any applications.
• In AppCenter that the application is set for prelaunch.
• The following screen shot displays a calculator that is a prelaunch application and ready to use. The application is now ready to start.

• It is a best practice to also set the folowing policies:

  Pre-launch Terminate Timer Interval
  Maximum amount of time before the pre-launch application exits (60 minutes by default)

  Pre-launch Disconnect Timer Interval
  Amount of time before the pre-launch application disconnects the session (60 minutes by default)

Source: CTX130793