1. Open Google Chrome and browse to https://storefront.lsuhsc.edu
   
2. If this is the first time you have visited the StoreFront site, or if you have recently cleared your Browsing Data, you will be prompted with the window shown below. Click “Detect Receiver”.
   
3. If you receive a message window that says something about “Look for an App in the Store”, just ignore that message and click anywhere away from that message window. Next you should see:
   If you already have Citrix Receiver installed on your workstation you will immediately be directed to the StoreFront logon dialog, and you can Skip to Step 10 of this document.
   If you were not taken directly to the StoreFront logon page, proceed to click inside the “I agree…” checkbox shown above, and then click the “Download” button. Then look for “Receiver.exe” in the lower left of the Chrome window, and click it. If prompted with a window that asks “Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device”, click “Yes”.
   
4. You will next see the window below:
   Click “Start”. Click the checkbox next to the “I accept…”. Then click “Next”.
   
5. In the window below you can leave the checkbox blank next to “Enable Single Sign-on”, but it will not hurt anything if you accidentally click this checkbox. Click “Next”.
   
6. In the following window, you can choose whatever your preference, and then click 'Install'. Generally we recommend you leave the checkbox UN-checked:
   
7. The Citrix Receiver install will proceed. At the end, click on “Finish”. (Do not click “Add Account”).
   
8. Go back the Google Chrome window. If you see a button that says “Continue”, click on it.
   
9. You may see the following window. If so, click the checkbox next to “Always allow…” and click “Open Citrix Workspace Launcher”:
   Also, If asked by Chrome whether to save your password, click “Never”.
   
10. You should now see the StoreFront logon dialog, shown below. Simply log on with your typical LSUHSC User ID and password:
    
11. You will now see your available Citrix desktop connections, similar to the screenshot below:
    From the above you can launch your Citrix desktop(s) simply by clicking their corresponding icons shown above. Your desktop should now launch. If you have any standalone Citrix applications, you can click on the “APPS” button depicted above, and launch the application(s) in a similar way.
    
12. Once you are finished working in Citrix, be sure to log off your desktop(s) and close any Citrix apps. Then, if you are still logged on to StoreFront, click on the 'gear' icon in the upper right corner, and select “Log off”, as depicted below:
    

• Citrix Workspace Chrome Web Store
• Citrix Workspace Chrome App

When I attempted to install Citrix Receiver, it failed, but the Google Chrome extension linked to above does work. The one thing I'm noticing is that some of the features of Citrix work slightly differently in the Chrome Extension, and also I am not able to access my at-home printer, but these are minor issues in the grand scheme. This video tutorial demonstrates how to add the Citrix Workspace ADD ON to the Chrome Browser. It's an easy alternative to the standard installation, but ma. If you cannot use the Citrix Workspace application, you can use the HTML5 web-based interface. This option is not as powerful and lacks some features of the Citrix Workspace. If you have to use the web-based interface, we strongly recommend using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox when using the Central Piedmont Cloud as they offer full HTML5.

Citrix Workspace Chrome Web Store

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Citrix Workspace Chrome App