The following sections explain how to manually start Application Launcher and how to automate starting the applications:
To ensure that Application Launcher has the local file system access that it needs to distribute applications, make sure the user has the following rights on the workstation:
If you have not locked down the workstation, the appropriate rights can be granted through membership in the Users group.
In addition, the System user requires full access to all areas of the workstation so that the NAL Service (a component of Application Launcher) can distribute applications and launch applications configured to run in the "system" space. By default, this access is granted to the System user as a member of the Administrators group. Do not limit the default rights given to the Administrators group or the System user account.
For more information about Application Launcher file system access requirements, see Novell Application Launcher: Managing Authentication and File System Access.
The view (Application Window, Application Explorer, or Application Browser) you want to use determines how you start Application Launcher.
The following sections contain additional information:
To start Application Launcher so that the Application Window view is displayed:
Click the Start menu > Programs > Novell ZENworks Desktop Management > Application Window.
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Run nalwin.exe or nalwin32.exe from the c:\program files\novell\zenworks directory.
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Run nal.exe from the sys:\public directory on the ZENworks Desktop Management Server.
In previous releases, nal.exe copied the Novell Application Launcher files to the workstation and then started the Application Window. Beginning with ZENworks for Desktops 4, nal.exe does not copy the files to the workstation; it only starts the Application Window if the Novell Application Launcher files are installed on the workstation. The primary purpose of the nal.exe file on the ZENworks Desktop Management Server is to maintain backwards compatibility with login scripts created for previous versions.
IMPORTANT: You must ensure that you are not executing nal.exe from a server that has ZENworks for Desktops version 4.x or earlier installed. Running the ZENworks for Desktops 3.x nal.exe will downgrade the Novell Application Launcher components on your workstation and will cause error in the Application Launcher processes.
IMPORTANT: If you run nal.exe from the sys:\public directory and receive an error stating "The ordinal 6625 could not be located in the dynamic link library MFC42.DLL," you need to update your server's sys:\public\mfc42.dll file. The correct version of mfc42.dll is installed to workstations by the ZENworks Desktop Management Agent. You can copy the file from a workstation's c:\winnt\system32 directory to the server's sys:\public\mfc42.dll directory.
For information about command line switches that can be used when starting the Application Window, see Application Window Command Line Switches.
To start Application Launcher so that the Application Explorer view is displayed:
Click the Start menu > Programs > Novell ZENworks Desktop Management > Application Explorer.
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Run nalview.exe or naldesk.exe from the c:\program files\novell\zenworks directory.
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Run nalexpld.exe from the sys:public directory on the ZENworks Desktop Management Server.
In previous releases, nalexpld.exe copied the Novell Application Launcher files to the workstation and then started the Application Explorer. Beginning with ZENworks for Desktops 4, nalexpld.exe does not copy the files to the workstation; it only starts the Application Explorer if the Novell Application Launcher files are installed on the workstation. The primary purpose of the nalexpld.exe file on the Desktop Management Server is to maintain backwards compatibility with login scripts created for previous versions.
IMPORTANT: You must ensure that you are not executing nal.exe from a server that has ZENworks for Desktops version 4.x or earlier installed. Running the ZENworks for Desktops 3.x nal.exe will downgrade the Novell Application Launcher components on your workstation and will cause error in the Application Launcher processes.
IMPORTANT: If you run nalexpld.exe from the sys:\public directory and receive an error stating "The ordinal 6625 could not be located in the dynamic link library MFC42.DLL," you need to update your server's sys:\public\mfc42.dll file. The correct version of mfc42.dll is installed to workstations by the ZENworks Desktop Management Agent. You can copy the file from a workstation's c:\winnt\system32 directory to the server's sys:\public\mfc42.dll directory.
For information about command line switches that can be used when starting the Application Window, see Application Explorer Command Line Switches.
There are several ways to automatically start Application Launcher, including the following: