Administration

Table 10‑1. ThinApp Application Installation Status
Status Description
Assigned The ThinApp application is assigned to the machine.
Install Error An error occurred when View Administrator attempted to install the ThinApp
application.
Uninstall Error An error occurred when View Administrator attempted to uninstall the ThinApp
application.
Installed The ThinApp application is installed.
Pending Install View Administrator is attempting to install the ThinApp application.
You cannot unassign an application that has this status.
NOTE This value does not appear for machines in desktop pools.
Pending Uninstall View Administrator is attempting to uninstall the ThinApp application.
Display MSI Package Information
After you add a ThinApp application to View Administrator, you can display information about its MSI
package.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, select Catalog > ThinApps.
The Summary tab lists the applications that are currently available and shows the number of full and
streaming assignments.
2 Double-click the name of the application in the ThinApp column.
3 Select the Summary tab to see general information about the MSI package.
4 Click Package Info to see detailed information about the MSI package.
Maintaining ThinApp Applications in View Administrator
Maintaining ThinApp applications in View Administrator involves tasks such as removing ThinApp
application assignments, removing ThinApp applications and application repositories, and modifying and
deleting ThinApp templates.
NOTE To upgrade a ThinApp application, you must unassign and remove the older version of the
application and add and assign the newer version.
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You can remove an assignment to a particular ThinApp application from one or more machines.
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You can remove assignments to one or more ThinApp applications from a particular machine.
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You can remove an assignment to a particular ThinApp application from one or more desktop pools.
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You can remove one or more ThinApp application assignments from a particular desktop pool.
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When you remove a ThinApp application from View Administrator, you can no longer assign the
application to machinse and desktop pools.
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