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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.
Restoring hidden applications to 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

Restoring hidden applications to view during a remote control session

About this task

If, during a remote control session, any running applications that were hidden are now required to be seen by the controller user, the target user can make them visible again.

Make hidden applications visible again by completing the following steps:

Procedure

Double-click the Remote Control target icon to bring the target window toolbar into view.
From the Actions menu, select Hidden Windows.
Click Accept on the acceptance window.
On the Show/Hide applications window, select the applications that you want to bring back into view.
Click OK.

Results

The previously hidden applications, are now visible in the controller window.