#Install citrix workspace install#
#Install citrix workspace code#
#Install citrix workspace download#
#Install citrix workspace windows#

The second is the get-ciminstance because this is a slow command.

This would speed up the process as some computers process faster while others do not. If the file or key is not present, then continue to way 30 seconds. This should really be a loop checking files or a registry key. The one that is blaring is the waiting for the install. With all good scripts, there is always room for improvement.

#Install citrix workspace install#

Write-Error 'Install: Install not complete.' Then we log accordingly and catch accordingly like above. This way we know that something is broken. We want this thing to stop if it hits an error. The final part of the command is the -erroraction. This will allow us to store the information into a variable if we want to use that information later. Once we get past the arguments, we want to make sure we have the information from this thus we put the -passthru flag. Finally we tell it not to reboot with the /noreboot. Citrix, if given the /forceinstall will force the install by uninstalling the last version. We want this thing to be quiet and overwrite everything else there. We start the $DownloadFullPath for the file name. The command we will use is the Start-Process command. Next we will start the process of another try catch to install the program. The filename has the same time/date stamp as the log file so we can compare if the script doesn’t finish up correctly.

#Install citrix workspace download#

Write-Error 'Site Error: Download Failure' 'Site: $($LogTime): Failed to download $URL to $DownloadFullPath' > $Logname 'Site: $($LogTime): Download $URL to $DownloadFullPath' > $Logname Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $URL -OutFile $DownloadFullPath We will wrap the outcome inside an https: string. That’s the second step is to build the link. links sometimes produces incomplete links, we have to build them. If it does, however, we want to take apart the links and find the one that contains the exe that we need. We check if the site has a good status of 200, if it doesn’t, then we don’t want to battle that battle. In this case, we will be looking at the links and status code.

#Install citrix workspace code#

While status code can give you information about if the site is up or what condition it is in. The Rawcontent is just like it sounds, raw content of the page. The $CitrixPage contains different elements inside of it. Now we have the website itself inside a variable. Write-Error 'Site Error: Site not accessible' 'Site: $($LogTime): Failed to access' > $Logname $CitrixPage = Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri ('') -SessionVariable websession -DisableKeepAlive We do this with the Test-Path for testing and the New-Item cmdlets. Then we test if the Citrix folder exists, if it doesn’t, once again, we create it. The first part is we are testing if the c: emp folder exists. Remove-Item -Path $DownloadFullPath -Force 'Check: $($LogTime): Install Failed' > $Logname 'Check: $($LogTime): $($Citrix.Caption) - $($Citrix.Version) Installed on: $($())' > $Logname $LogTime = (Get-date).tostring('yyyy:MM:dd-hh:mm:ss') Printers: The Citrix Workspace App automatically creates connections to your local printers so you can print from a remote Virtual Desktop application.IF (!(Test-Path c: emp))

#Install citrix workspace windows#

Network drives: Any network drives (other than your H: drive) that you get when you log into Windows when you're on campus will show up in Virtual Desktop sessions. The Citrix Workspace App also recreates any other manually-created network drive mappings that are connected on your client computer when you log in.Īudio: Sound from the remote application will play on your local computer. For example, if you have a document saved on the hard drive of your computer, which is called 'Laptop', you can open it in a Virtual Desktop application by clicking File | Open and browsing to 'Local Disk (C: on Laptop)'. Local drives: These include hard disk drives, thumb drives and most USB devices that are physically attached to your local computer. They typically appear in the remote session as 'Local Disk (C: on is the name of your local computer.

When opening or saving a document in a Virtual Desktop application, your documents, desktop and other Windows profile folders are stored in your Home Drive or your H: drive. Your Home Drive (H:): The H: drive that is mapped when you log into any computer on campus will be accessible from Virtual Desktop. Among the local resources you will have access to in the remote session are: When you are using a Virtual Desktop application Citrix Workspace is designed to be as similar as possible to using that application when installed on your local computer.