Administration

Procedure
1 Download the ThinApp software from http://www.vmware.com/products/thinapp and install it on a
clean computer.
View supports ThinApp version 4.6 and later.
2 Use the ThinApp Setup Capture wizard to capture and package your applications in MSI format.
3 Create a shared folder on a computer in an Active Directory domain that it accessible to both your View
Connection Server host and your remote desktops and configure the file and sharing permissions on
the shared folder to give Read access to the built-in Active Directory group Domain Computers.
If you plan to assign ThinApp applications to domain controllers, also give Read access to the built-in
Active Directory group Domain Controllers.
4 Copy your MSI packages to the shared folder.
5 Register the shared folder as an application repository in View Administrator.
6 In View Administrator, scan the MSI packages in the application repository and add selected ThinApp
applications to View Administrator.
7 Decide whether to assign the ThinApp applications to machines or desktop pools.
If you use a common naming convention for your machines, you can use machine assignments to
quickly distribute applications to all of the machines that use that naming convention. If you organize
your desktop pools by department or user type, you can use desktop pool assignments to quickly
distribute applications to specific departments or users.
8 In View Administrator, select the ThinApp applications to assign to your machines or desktop pools
and specify the installation method.
Option Action
Streaming
Installs a shortcut to the application on the machine. The shortcut points to
the application on the network share that hosts the repository. Users must
have access to the network share to run the application.
Full
Installs the full application on the machine's local file system.
9 In View Administrator, check the installation status of the ThinApp applications.
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