Administration

Creating ThinApp templates is optional.
NOTE If you add an application to a ThinApp template after assigning the template to a machine or desktop
pool, View Administrator does not automatically assign the new application to the machine or desktop pool.
If you remove an application from a ThinApp template that was previously assigned to a machine or
desktop pool, the application remains assigned to the machine or desktop pool.
Prerequisites
Add selected ThinApp applications to View Administrator.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, select Catalog > ThinApps and click New Template.
2 Type a name for the template and click Add.
All of the available ThinApp applications appear in the table.
3 To find a particular ThinApp application, type the name of the application in the Find text box and click
Find.
4 Select the ThinApp applications that you want to include in the template and click Add.
You can press Ctrl+click or Shift+click to select multiple applications.
5 Click OK to save the template.
Assigning ThinApp Applications to Machines and Desktop Pools
To install a ThinApp application on a remote desktop, you use View Administrator to assign the ThinApp
application to a machine or desktop pool.
When you assign a ThinApp application to a machine, View Administrator begins installing the application
on the virtual machine a few minutes later. When you assign a ThinApp application to a desktop pool, View
Administrator begins installing the application the first time a user logs in to a remote desktop in the pool.
Streaming
View Administrator installs a shortcut to the ThinApp application on the
remote desktop. The shortcut points to the ThinApp application on the
network share that hosts the repository. Users must have access to the
network share to run streamed ThinApp applications.
Full
View Administrator installs the full ThinApp application on the local file
system.
The amount of time it takes to install a ThinApp application depends on the size of the application.
IMPORTANT You can assign ThinApp applications to virtual machine-based desktops and automated
desktop pools or manual pools that contains vCenter Server virtual machines. You cannot assign ThinApp
applications to RDS desktops or traditional PCs.
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Best Practices for Assigning ThinApp Applications on page 178
Follow best practices when you assign ThinApp applications to machines and desktop pools.
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You can assign a particular ThinApp to one or more machines.
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Assign Multiple ThinApp Applications to a Machine on page 179
You can assign one or more ThinApp applications to a particular machine.
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