unable to parse command line error when trying to launch your Citrix desktop

For Windows based computers using Windows 7 or 8
For error:
"unable to parse command line"
when trying to launch your Citrix desktop.

What needs to happen is, Citrix receiver needs to be associated with

wfcrun32.exe (and not) wfica32.exe

Go to your companies Citrix website.

Click your Citrix Desktop icon (whatever it may be called) you will be prompted to open or save the launch.ica file.

Click the “down arrow by Save” you will see a "Save as" option -
(as the answer to what do you want to do save or open), After selecting "Save as",
Browse to and Click to save on desktop or wherever as long as you can locate the file.

Right click on the "launch.ica" file, click "Open With"
- Select:"Choose default program".
Leave check in "always use the selected program to open this kind of file", which will correctly associate the files opened with Citrix.

Select (Browse), navigate to
"C:\Program Files
(or Program Files (x86) if 64 bit Windows)
Citrix\ICA Client, and select wfcrun32.exe, select Open then OK.
Close then reopen Internet Explorer (or whatever browser you are using.

Launch the Desktop.

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