Citrix Support

Parallels Workstation for Windows supports Citrix remote access tools. If the support is set, Citrix ICA Client will intercept most of the standard hot key presses and send them to Parallels Workstation instead of primary Windows OS. It allows using Ctrl+Alt to switch between applications inside Windows guest OS, press Win key to open Start menu, etc.

Note: Linux version of Parallels Workstation does not support Citrix.

Parallels Workstation includes special .dll libraries to be installed on both server and client sides.

To install Citrix support in the Parallels Workstation for Windows, please do the following steps on client side:

1. Locate the IOHooksCitrixClient.dll file on the server hard disk in the directory where you have installed Parallels Workstation. Copy this file to you local machine into the directory, where you have installed the Citrix ICA Client.
2. Modify the module.ini file in the Citrix ICA Client directory in the following way:
   1. search for the string beginning from VirtualDriver and add to the end of the list a new element, IOHooksCitrixClient, for example:

      VirtualDriver = Thinwire3.0, … ,ICACTL, IOHooksCitrixClient

   2. Add the following strings to the end of the module.ini file:

      [IOHooksCitrixClient]

      DriverName = IoHooksCitrixClient.dll

      DriverNameWin32 = IoHooksCitrixClient.dll

      Resolution = 10

3. Restart the Citrix ICA client.