You can install a Horizon Agent hotpatch on a Windows machine where Horizon Agent is already installed without needing to uninstall and reinstall Horizon Agent. You can also install a patch silently.
You can install the latest patch which is included in a Horizon Agent build.
Prerequisites
- In Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features, verify Horizon Agent is already installed and note the build number.
- In Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Installed Updates, verify the Horizon Agent Update Patch is the same build number as the Horizon Agent build.
Procedure
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To start the Horizon Agent installation program, double-click the Horizon Agent Update Patch installer file. The installer filename has the pattern
Horizon-Agent-x86_64-YYMM-y.y.y-xxxxxx.msp, where YYMM is the marketing version number, y.y.y is the internal version number, and xxxxxx is the build number. -
Select Repair from these three options:
- Modify: add or remove the components that are installed.
- Repair: install patches, fix missing or corrupt files, shortcuts, and registry entries.
- Remove: remove Horizon Agent from the computer.
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Follow the prompts to finish the installation.
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Restart the system for the changes to take effect.
What to do next
Verify the patch build number is updated in the Horizon Agent's HKLM\SOFTWARE registry entries for AgentVersions!view-agent and BuildNumber.
Also verfiy the patch build number is updated in Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Installed Updates > Patch update version.
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