Evernote cost 2020. Chris Hahn sent over this quick tip on how to correct sound issues occurring in a Citrix ICA session running Google Chrome.
If your company uses Citrix, install Receiver for Chrome on your device to get access to your Windows virtual desktops and applications. Receiver for Chrome can be installed on devices running Chrome OS version 37 or later. Once installed, you need to configure Receiver for Chrome to connect to your company’s Citrix servers.
Important update about Citrix Receiver Beginning August 2018, Citrix Receiver will be replaced by Citrix Workspace app. While you can still download older versions of Citrix Receiver, new features and enhancements will be released for Citrix Workspace app. Go to the below page and click on the “Add to Chrome” for the Citrix Workspace App Chrome Extension. Chrome Extension for Citrix Workspace App Remember, this extension is the official Citrix provided extension. But it will not work in any other Chromium-based browser e.g. Microsoft Edge, Chromium, Vivaldi, etc. Citrix Workspace app for Chrome The new Citrix Workspace app (formerly known as Citrix Receiver) provides a great user experience — a secure, contextual, and unified workspace — on any device. Chris Hahn sent over this quick tip on how to correct sound issues occurring in a Citrix ICA session running Google Chrome. Today at a client, we had an issue with a published application that had Google Chrome in it. If the user went to a website that had media (i.e. YouTube), the sound would be broken. No audio sound would play on the.
Today at a client, we had an issue with a published application that had Google Chrome in it. If the user went to a website that had media (i.e. YouTube), the sound would be broken. No audio sound would play on the endpoint via ICA.
After a little digging around on Google, it seems that this is an issue with Google Chrome version 79 or later. The newest versions of Chrome have an Audio Sandbox feature enabled by default which breaks sound on XenApp.
In order to resolve this issue, you can do one of three workarounds:
Edit the registry on the XenApp server (or Horizon/XenDesktop Desktop):
Edit the registry on the XenApp server (or Horizon/XenDesktop Desktop):
Chromium based Microsoft Edge users
The same DWORD can be added to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftEdge
or editing the shortcut that launches Google Chrome to add the following arguments.
or disable the feature using Group Policy. You can download the Google Chrome ADMX templates here. Then navigate to Google -> Google Chrome -> Allow the audio sandbox to run setting. Set the option to Disabled.
These workarounds will effectively disable the AudioSandbox for Google Chrome on the XenApp Server. This will most likely also affect VMware Horizon sessions too since the audio is being trapped in the sandbox and not relayed via the VDI protocols to the endpoint.
Enjoy the Music!
– Carlo
– Carlo
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- Open Google Chrome and browse to https://storefront.lsuhsc.edu
- If this is the first time you have visited the StoreFront site, or if you have recently cleared your Browsing Data, you will be prompted with the window shown below. Click “Detect Receiver”.
- If you receive a message window that says something about “Look for an App in the Store”, just ignore that message and click anywhere away from that message window. Next you should see:
If you already have Citrix Receiver installed on your workstation you will immediately be directed to the StoreFront logon dialog, and you can Skip to Step 10 of this document.
If you were not taken directly to the StoreFront logon page, proceed to click inside the “I agree…” checkbox shown above, and then click the “Download” button. Then look for “Receiver.exe” in the lower left of the Chrome window, and click it. If prompted with a window that asks “Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device”, click “Yes”. - You will next see the window below:
Click “Start”. Click the checkbox next to the “I accept…”. Then click “Next”. - In the window below you can leave the checkbox blank next to “Enable Single Sign-on”, but it will not hurt anything if you accidentally click this checkbox. Click “Next”.
- In the following window, you can choose whatever your preference, and then click 'Install'. Generally we recommend you leave the checkbox UN-checked:
- The Citrix Receiver install will proceed. At the end, click on “Finish”. (Do not click “Add Account”).
- Go back the Google Chrome window. If you see a button that says “Continue”, click on it.
- You may see the following window. If so, click the checkbox next to “Always allow…” and click “Open Citrix Workspace Launcher”:
Also, If asked by Chrome whether to save your password, click “Never”. - You should now see the StoreFront logon dialog, shown below. Simply log on with your typical LSUHSC User ID and password:
- You will now see your available Citrix desktop connections, similar to the screenshot below:
From the above you can launch your Citrix desktop(s) simply by clicking their corresponding icons shown above. Your desktop should now launch. If you have any standalone Citrix applications, you can click on the “APPS” button depicted above, and launch the application(s) in a similar way. - Once you are finished working in Citrix, be sure to log off your desktop(s) and close any Citrix apps. Then, if you are still logged on to StoreFront, click on the 'gear' icon in the upper right corner, and select “Log off”, as depicted below:
![Citrix Add On For Chrome Citrix Add On For Chrome](/uploads/1/1/8/1/118186076/545012903.jpg)
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Back to StoreFront Homepage
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