Hiding Citrix XenDesktop 7.x applications from PNAgent published Apps and Desktops

Problem

You’ve successfully configured a zero client to connect to your XenDesktop 7.x infrastructure via the URL:

https://yourStoreFrontFQDN.com/Citrix/StoreName/PNAgent/config.xml


… but would like to hide all of the published applications because the zero client will only be used for desktop access.

Solution

One of the ways to hide Applications or Desktops is to use the PowerShell cmdlet Set-DSResourceFilterType on the StoreFront server.

Begin by setting the execution policy to remote signed then importing the necessary Citrix PowerShell modules with the following cmdlets:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
$dsInstallProp = Get-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Citrix\DeliveryServicesManagement -Name InstallDir
$dsInstallDir = $dsInstallProp.InstallDir
& $dsInstallDir\..\Scripts\ImportModules.ps1

Next, determine the Site ID of the IIS site hosting the StoreFront website:

With the Site ID determined, execute the following cmdlet to list what is being displayed for the store:

Get-DSResourceFilterType -SiteId 1 -VirtualPath "/Citrix/"

For example:

Get-DSResourceFilterType -SiteId 1 -VirtualPath "/Citrix/Desktop"

Notice the output above shows that Applications, Desktops and Documents are displayed meaning nothing is filtered out.

Next, execute the following cmdlet to filter out Applications and Documents thereby leaving only Desktops displayed:

Set-DSResourceFilterType -SiteId 1 -VirtualPath "/Citrix/Desktop" -IncludeTypes @("Desktops")

Executing the:

Get-DSResourceFilterType -SiteId 1 -VirtualPath "/Citrix/Desktop"

… will now show that only Desktops are included.

Logging into the zero client will now hide the applications that were displayed in the earlier screenshot: