Including Diagnostic Tools With a Citrix Profile

AdminStudio 2024 R2 | 28.0 | Citrix Assistant

On the Diagnostic Tools dialog box, which is opened by selecting Diagnostic Tools in the More Options list on the Profile Information page, you can choose to include the Registry Editor and the Windows Command Prompt diagnostic tools with your Citrix profile.

If you include diagnostic tools with your Citrix profile, you will be able to look at the registry or file system for the application while it is running in its isolation environment. For example, if you were running a Citrix profile and got an error message stating that the application cannot load a DLL, you could use these diagnostic tools to troubleshoot the problem.

Caution:If you choose to include these diagnostic tools, the versions of regedit.exe and cmd.exe that are part of the operating system on the build machine are added to the Citrix profile. However, these tools may not be compatible with other operating systems.

To include diagnostic tools with a Citrix profile:

1. In the Citrix Assistant, open the Profile Information page.
2. In the More Options list, click Diagnostic Tools. The Diagnostic Tools dialog box opens.

3. If you want to include the Registry Editor (regedit.exe) with your Citrix profile so that you can browse the profile registry at runtime from within the isolation environment, select the Registry Diagnostics option.
4. If you want to include the Windows Command Prompt application with your Citrix profile so that you can browse the virtual file system at runtime from within the isolation environment, select the File System Diagnostics option.

Launching the Diagnostic Tools Within the Isolation Environment

If you selected the Registry Diagnostics or File System Diagnostics options on the Diagnostic Tools dialog box, shortcuts to those tools are automatically added to the profile.

When the user runs this Citrix profile application, two additional shortcuts will be available in the application’s shortcut folder: The names of these shortcuts will reflect the application name, such as:

[ProductName] Registry
[ProductName] File System

When the user launches one of these shortcuts, that diagnostic tool is launched inside the context of the application’s Citrix isolation environment.

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