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BigFix Remote Control application helps to communicate between different components, clients, and endpoints within BigFix environment.
Remote Control Target Users Guide
Hiding applications
Before accepting a remote control session, you can hide any applications on your system that you do not want the controller user to see.
Hiding running applications from view during a remote control session

Remote Control
BigFix Remote Control application helps to communicate between different components, clients, and endpoints within BigFix environment.
- Release notes
  A summary of changed or new features and enhancements included in BigFix Remote Control.
- Remote Control Installation Guide
  By using Remote Control you can remotely support and control thousands of PCs and servers, on an enterprise scale, from a central location or directly, in peer to peer mode.
- Remote Control Administrators Guide
  This guide is for users who want to administer Remote Control.
- Remote Control Console User Guide
- BigFix Remote Control Controller Users Guide
- Remote Control Target Users Guide
  - Remote control target overview
  - Tasks you can do from the target icon
  - The target interface
  - Accepting session actions
  - Hiding applications
    Before accepting a remote control session, you can hide any applications on your system that you do not want the controller user to see.
    - Hiding running applications from view during a remote control session
    - Restoring hidden applications to view during a remote control session
  - Starting a remote control session that uses a broker
    When your system is on the internet, a controller user can start a remote control session that uses a broker to make the connection to your system. To connect to the session, you must enter a connection code.
  - Disconnecting from a remote control session
  - Using the command-line to send actions to the target GUI
    Now, you can send actions to the target GUI simply through the command-line.
  - Auditing
    Remote control session events are saved for auditing purposes if the AuditToSystem policy is enabled for the session.
  - BigFix® Remote Control Target for macOS V10 Update 6
    Remote Control V9.1.4 introduces support for target users who are using macOS devices.
  - BigFix® Remote Control Target for macOS V10 Update 7
    Remote Control Version 10 Update 7 introduces Managed Session mode support for Remote Control Target on macOS devices. This version of macOS targets support the full set of Remote Control session capabilities Managed, Peer-to-Peer, Unattended and On-Demand. The previous versions of Remote Control Target for macOS were only able to support Peer to Peer and On-Demand session modes.
  - Privacy Mode and Input Lock
    Enable Privacy Mode to hide the screen contents at the Remote Control Target.
- Remote Control On-demand Target Guide
  Use Remote Control to start remote control sessions over the internet with targets that do not have the target software installed.
- Remote Control V10 Readme

Hiding running applications from view during a remote control session

About this task

When a remote control session is requested, you can hide any running applications on the target that you do not want the controller user to see. This option is available on the acceptance window when the Enable user acceptance for incoming connections and Hide Windows server policies are enabled (managed session) or the ConfirmTakeOver and HideWindows target properties are set to yes (peer-to-peer session). It is shown on the user acceptance window when the session is requested.

Hide applications by completing the following steps

Procedure

In the user acceptance window, click Hide Applications and Accept.
The Show / Hide window opens, listing all the running applications on the target.
Select the applications that you do not want the controller user to see.
Click OK.

Results

When the session is established, the selected applications are no longer visible in the target and controller windows.

Note:

The procedure can be carried out only by the target user in the session.
If you click Cancel in the Show / Hide window, the selected applications are not hidden when the session is established.