Looking For the Citrix Acceleration Client for Win 7?

We’ve been working with the new Branch Repeater VPX virtual appliance, which supports the Branch Repeater client plug-in (unlike the hardware Branch Repeater appliances).

Since Moose Logic is a Microsoft Gold Partner, and we like to keep up with the latest releases, most of us have been running Windows 7 for a while now. But when we went looking for a Win7-compatible Branch Repeater plug-in for the Citrix Receiver, we had a tough time finding it.

It does exist, though, and now that we’ve tracked it down, we though we’d share with you just where it’s hiding in case you’ve been searching too.

The first thing to note is that, when you go to the Citrix download site, and search for downloads by product, you will see that the “Citrix Branch Repeater” and the “Citrix Repeater (formerly WANScaler)” are listed separately - and, since products are listed in alphabetical order, they’re quite a ways apart in the list (click on graphic to view full-size):

If you choose “Citrix Branch Repeater,” which is what we initially did, since we were working with the Branch Repeater VPX, the latest plug-in you will see listed is v5.0.34, which is not Win7-compatible:

So the secret is to choose “Citrix Repeater (formerly WANScaler)” from the product selection drop-down. Then you’ll see several later versions of the plug-in, including v5.5.2, which is Win7-compatible:

Oh, and if anyone from Citrix is reading this: Please - just get rid of the plug-ins listed under “Citrix Branch Repeater,” or, better yet, either have a redirect, or a line that says “Please see ‘Citrix Repeater (formerly WANScaler)’ for Branch Repeater plug-ins.” It will make life much simpler for everyone. Thank you.