Application Explorer Command Line Switches

The following command line switches can be used when starting Application Explorer.

Application Explorer can be started by using the nalview.exe or naldesk.exe files, located in the workstation's c:\program files\novell\zenworks directory, or the nalexpld.exe file, located in the ZENworks Desktop Management Server's sys:public directory. These switches work with all three files.

Switch Description

/nd

EXAMPLE:
nalview /nd

Skips the warning dialog box that appears when a dial-up connection is detected.

/ns

EXAMPLE:
nalview /ns

Skips the initial splash screen.

/restrictonline=0|1|2

EXAMPLE:
nalview /restrictonline=1

Restricts Application Launcher from switching to connected (online) mode after it starts in disconnected (offline) mode.

Application Launcher starts in disconnected mode when no connection to eDirectory is detected. By default, if it then detects a connection (for example, the user authenticates to eDirectory via a VPN dial-up modem connection), it prompts the user to either switch to connected mode or exit and restart. Using the /restrictonline switch with one of the following options changes this behavior.

  • /restrictonline=0: No behavior change; same results as not using the switch.

  • /restrictonline=1: If the connection is a modem connection, suppresses the user prompt and stays in disconnected mode.

  • /restrictonline=2: Not used; reserved for future use.

This switch applies only when eDirectory authentication is through the Novell Client. It does not apply when using the ZENworks Middle Tier Server for authentication. If authentication to eDirectory occurs through the Middle Tier Server, Application Launcher switches to connected mode.

NOTE:  The /restrictonline switch affects only user-associated applications; this switch does not affect workstation-associated applications.

/singletree="tree"

EXAMPLE:
nalview /singletree=nov

Reads the specified eDirectory tree only, regardless of any other trees the user might be authenticated to. This option applies only to user-associated applications, not workstation-associated applications. For example, assume that the workstation has a Workstation object in TREE1. The user authenticates to TREE2 and starts Application Launcher against TREE2 (nalview /singletree=TREE2). Application Launcher displays the user-associated application from TREE2 and the workstation-associated applications from TREE1.

NOTE:  The quotation marks are required only if a space is used in the tree name.