First things first, if you're interested in using ArcMap 10, make sure you update your Citrix client, first. You can do so at the login screen. Just click the link above the username/password fields. If there is not a message, you should be up-to-date.
Performing the following steps will improve your ArcMap 10.1 performance in Citrix.
1) Open ArcGis 10 in Citrix (Formerly known as ArcMap)
- Getting Started dialog opens
- Click ‘Open’
2) CONNECT TO FOLDERS
- Open the Catalog window
- *Note: Starting at ArcGIS 10, Catalog is now included inside of the "ArcMap" application
- Click “Connect to folder”
- Dismiss the “folder can’t be used” dialog by clicking “OK”
- Type “O:” or browse to “O” drive, click “OK”
- You now can connect to “O” drive folders in your session. You might need to do this for other drives, Like the K or Q.
3) CREATE A PERSONAL/DEFAULT GEODATABASE
- We recommend personal geodatabase because of their portability and ease of access. Some users might need a file geodatabase.
- In the ArcCatalog window, to the location on the O-drive where you’d like your geodatabase to live
- Right-click the folder, click “new” --> “personal geodatabase”
- Name the geodatabase (default will work)
- Right-click on the new geodatabase and click “make default geodatabase”
4) ESTABLISH A WORKING DIRECTORY
- Click “file” --> “map document properties”
- Verify that the “default geodatabase” is the geodatabase you just created, if not, set it here by clicking the browse icon
- Next to Pathnames, “Store relative pathnames to data sources” should be checked
- Click OK
- Click “File” --> “Save As…”. Name it something like CitrixDefault.mxd
- Close ArcMap, Reopen
- The next time you open, select this document so that your settings are saved
In general, you’re changing the default .mxd and geodatabase to open from O: drive to enable write privileges (no access is currently granted to write to the C: drive on the Citrix servers). Just need to do this one time!