The primary purpose of the Novell Application Launcher plug-in is to provide the basic Application Launcher files required for launching user-associated applications, and to do so through a Web-based installation program. You should be aware of the following restrictions associated with the Novell Application Launcher plug-in:
Windows 2000/XP users must have sufficient file access rights to install and launch applications. Without these rights, the plug-in's installation manager cannot install the plug-in files and the plug-in (once installed) cannot launch applications. The Novell Application Launcher plug-in is not designed for locked-down workstations.
The Novell Application Launcher plug-in displays only user-associated applications. Workstation-associated applications are not displayed because Workstation Manager and the Application Launcher Workstation Helper are not installed.
Workstation Manager is not installed, which means that policies are not applied.
Database reporting is not supported. The Novell Application Launcher plug-in cannot write events to a database because the ODBC drivers required to do so are not included with the plug-in.
The Novell Application Launcher plug-in does not support launching of terminal server applications. For this support, users must install the ZENworks Desktop Management Agent.
If users do not require any Desktop Management Agent functionality other than the launching of user-associated applications, you can have them install the Novell Application Launcher plug-in to the workstation and continue to use it. If users requires full Desktop Management Agent functionality, after the Novell Application Launcher plug-in is installed, you can distribute the Desktop Management Agent to workstations via an Application object.