Citrix Workspace app is the easy-to-install client software that provides seamless, secure access to everything you need to get work done. With this free download, you easily and securely get instant access to all applications, desktops and data from any device, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and Macs. Citrix Receiver 4.x vs Citrix Workspace app 1808 Alexander Ervik Johnsen Citrix, Citrix Receiver, HDX, Workspace App November 5, 2018 Citrix Workspace app for Windows is an easy-to-install software that provides access to your applications and desktops using XenApp and XenDesktop from a remote client device.
Citrix Receiver And Citrix Workspace Difference
This article is intended for Citrix administrators and technical teams only.
Non-admin users must contact their company’s Help Desk/IT support team and can refer to CTX297149 for more information.
After upgrading Windows 10 to a new feature update and attempting to install Citrix Receiver or the Citrix Workspace App, installation will complete successfully, however you will receive errors during the installation process. After that, certain features such as Single Sign On and others may not work as they weren't able to complete their individual component installations.
Solution
Microsoft has published an article advising of this issue and has also provided steps on how to resolve it within Windows. After following the steps outlined in this article and attempting to install Citrix Receiver or the Citrix Workspace App, the installation will complete successfully without any errors and full functionality of the desktop app will be available.
Please see the Additional Resources section for a link to the Microsoft Support article that will resolve this issue.
Problem Cause
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There is a known Windows 10 issue that can also affect Citrix Receiver/Workspace App installations due to Single Sign-On components needing to have access to certain information regarding the Network Provider Order settings available in the system registry, which was not there after the OS had been upgraded.