11.2 through 12.1 Needed to perform a non-interactive install (as a service) whilst the user was logged on. Errors included hung installations, VC++ runtime errors, visible dialog boxes and pa… Read More

hidden SILENT flag PNAWrapper.msi /quiet /norestart SILENT=1 hides a minimied dialog that appears during install Read More

I used the following script with SMS/SCCM to take advantage of using the SMS/SCCM Distribution Points (DP's) in area's where you might have slow WAN connections. It runs the script from the cur… Read More

Citrix 'ICA Client / Online plug-in' 11.2 My usual approach to re-packaging would involve extracting the msi's (CitrixOnlinePluginWeb.exe /extract c:\temp) and applying custom transforms, howe… Read More

Try CitrixOnlinePluginFull.exe /? in CMD to find out supported parameters, such as: /help /uninstall /silent /noreboot /preview /extract MSI-Property Values are supported too. CitrixOnline… Read More

Hi, Modification to the registry as below elevates the installer to Admin as long as you grant the logged on user rights to the area the application needs to install in. This worked when use… Read More

You can redirect deployed client to different Server URL with that reg file: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Citrix\] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\PN… Read More

Citrix has changed the install entirely for version 11.2. The install is now a large exe wrapped around several MSI and other files. To install I found the following command line worked: "Citr… Read More

Here is the vbscript I am using to detect and remove any Citrix Software that is installed. I have noticed that it will not detect the XenApp Plugin, but I have tested it to remove version 7 t… Read More

I decided to add the current version to the uninstall routine, just in case there was a problem and it needed to be reinstalled. So now the script looks like this (the comments are just to keep… Read More

Download the "XenApp Plugin for Hosted Apps" (which is the new name for the ICA Client) from http://www.citrix.com/site/SS/downloads/index.asp The XenAppHosted.msi can be customized with the … Read More

I faced the following challenges while deploying this client: 1. I tried to avoid using the Client Packager because I don't like modifying shipping .msi files and losing track of the changes. … Read More

SSON will not always work regardless of the setup properties in either the registry or the ini files. If nothing else seems to fix SSON, try changing the order of your network providers so tha… Read More

Application MUST BE installed from the local drive! There is a built in error (28006). SEE the error table for a description of error 28000 through 28010. “Trying to install the VPN Clien… Read More

Application MUST BE installed from the local drive! There is a built in error (28006). SEE the error table for a description of error 28000 through 28010. “Trying to install the VPN Client f… Read More

I was finally able to get the app to deploy using ZENworks with elevated privileges by using the MST to remove the CustomAction that was causing the problem (as noted above): The Custom Action… Read More

If all you want to do is install the web client the following non-msi method works well: Use your favorite zip tool to unpack the self-extracting ica32t.exe file you downloaded from Citrix's w… Read More

I came across a strange problem when using the msiexec /a ica32pkg.msi command to create a custom MSI. I only needed to install the web client so deselected PN / PNAgent in the features list wh… Read More

The recipe: --- Start the downloaded installer, in the %TEMP% directory you can find the files needed, in a subdirectory with the name '_is48' or something alike --- 1) Make a backup copy of th… Read More

This seemed to work for me. First, uninstall any older versions of Citrix ICA. We were running version 6.31. Use the properties REMOVE=ALL and REBOOT=R in the command line. Second, I installed … Read More

Hi there, The problem with this MSI package is that you can't update it later on with the Citrix Tools. So if you want to have only the PN Client installed on a maschine use the following: 1.… Read More

The ica32t.exe is the Web Client for Citrix. There is very good documentation on "Reducing the Footprint of the ICA Win32 Client" on the following web site. Worth reading if you want to create … Read More

As noted above, this is a native .msi. If you create and use a transform (.mst) for your deployment, you may find you see the following error when attempting a silent install: "Error 1322 - A… Read More

Creating A Pre-configured ICA Client. This packaged client was created using the following procedure:- Download the latest ica32pkg.msi from the citrix web site. Create an administrative ins… Read More

Creating A Pre-configured ICA Client. This packaged client was created using the following procedure:- Download the latest ica32pkg.msi from the citrix web site. Create an administrative ins… Read More

Here is the packaging information about the new Citrix Præsentation Server Client 9.0 You can download the package from the following link; http://www.citrix.com/English/SS/downloads/detai… Read More

Here is the packaging information about the new Citrix Præsentation Server Client 9.0 You can download the package from the following link; http://www.citrix.com/English/SS/downloads/details… Read More

Some of this is courtsey of a thread I found on the Citrix Support Forums by Guy Marcucci. It is by far the easiest way I've found to preconfigure and silentlly run a citrix install 1) Downloa… Read More

Some of this is courtsey of a thread I found on the Citrix Support Forums by Guy Marcucci. It is by far the easiest way I've found to preconfigure and silentlly run a citrix install 1) Downloa… Read More

First of all, I got stuck with the setup.exe version, even /r and /s wouldn't solve the uninstallation problems. The solution was called Ica32Pkg.msi which I downloaded from the Citrix server. … Read More

To configure the Citrix 8.1 Client, there is a config.xml file (on the server) in which the settings for the Citrix Program Neighborhood agent can be set. This file resides on the server and … Read More

Remember to leave the "Finish" splash screen if you choose to do silent installations with "single sign-on" otherwise it wouldn't reboot as it must. Read More

This is an installation process quite to my liking: Use MSIEXEC /A "ica32pkg -eng.msi" to start the Administrative instance of the installer. After you chose all you settings and what screen… Read More