Installing Citrix Receiver

Scenario

You need to access resources via Citrix XenApp, but you don’t have Citrix Receiver installed.

Solution

Install Citrix Receiver.

If Citrix Web Interface is configured with Client Detection enabled:

and the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\XenApp\conf\WebInterface.conf file has the correct spelling for the client filenames:

ClientIcaMac=Filename:CitrixReceiver11_4_3.dmg,Directory:Mac,Mui:Yes
ClientIcaWin32=Filename:CitrixReceiver.exe,Directory:Windows,Mui:Yes,ClassID:238f6f83-b8b4-11cf-8771-00a024541ee3

NOTE: the [install source]\Citrix Receiver and Plug-ins\Windows and [install source]\Citrix Receiver and Plug-ins\Mac folders need to be copied from the install ISO to C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\Web Interface\5.4.0\Clients

you will be prompted to install Citrix Receiver:

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