5.1
Table Of Contents
- ThinApp User’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Installing ThinApp
- Capturing Applications
- Phases of the Capture Process
- Preparing to Capture Applications
- Capturing Applications with the Setup Capture Wizard
- Create a System Image Before the Application Installation
- Rescan the System with the Installed Application
- Defining Entry Points as Shortcuts into the Virtual Environment
- Set Entry Points
- Manage with VMware Horizon Application Manager
- Set User Groups
- Defining Isolation Modes for the Physical File System
- Set File System Isolation Modes
- Storing Application Changes in the Sandbox
- Customize the Sandbox Location
- Send Anonymous Statistics to VMware
- Customize ThinApp Project Settings
- Defining Package Settings
- Customize Package Settings
- Opening Project and Parameter Files
- Build Virtual Applications
- Advanced Package Configuration
- Capturing Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP
- Capturing Multiple Application Installers with ThinApp Converter
- ThinApp Package Management
- Deploying Applications
- ThinApp Deployment Options
- Establishing File Type Associations with the thinreg.exe Utility
- Building an MSI Database
- Controlling Application Access with Active Directory
- Starting and Stopping Virtual Services
- Using ThinApp Packages Streamed from the Network
- Using Captured Applications with Other System Components
- Performing Paste Operations
- Accessing Printers
- Accessing Drivers
- Accessing the Local Disk, the Removable Disk, and Network Shares
- Accessing the System Registry
- Accessing Networking and Sockets
- Using Shared Memory and Named Pipes
- Using COM, DCOM, and Out-of-Process COM Components
- Starting Services
- Using File Type Associations
- Sample Isolation Mode Configuration Depending on Deployment Context
- Updating and Linking Applications
- Application Updates That the End User Triggers
- Application Sync Updates
- Using Application Sync in a Managed or Unmanaged Environment
- Update Firefox 2.0.0.3 to Firefox 3 with Application Sync
- Fix an Incorrect Update with Application Sync
- Application Sync Effect on Entry Point Executable Files
- Updating thinreg.exe Registrations with Application Sync
- Maintaining the Primary Data Container Name with Application Sync
- Completing the Application Sync Process When Applications Create Child Processes
- Application Link Updates
- View of the Application using Application Link
- Link a Base Application to the Microsoft .NET Framework
- Set Up Nested Links with Application Link
- Affecting Isolation Modes with Application Link
- PermittedGroups Effect on Linked Packages
- Sandbox Changes for Standalone and Linked Packages
- Import Order for Linked Packages
- File and Registry Collisions in Linked Packages
- VBScript Collisions in Linked Packages
- VBScript Function Order in Linked Packages
- Storing Multiple Versions of a Linked Application in the Same Directory
- Using Application Sync for a Base Application and Linked Packages
- Application Sync Updates
- Application Updates That the Administrator Triggers
- Automatic Application Updates
- Upgrading Running Applications on a Network Share
- Application Synchronization Using Group Policy Object
- Sandbox Considerations for Upgraded Applications
- Updating the ThinApp Version of Packages
- Application Updates That the End User Triggers
- Locating the ThinApp Sandbox
- Creating ThinApp Snapshots and Projects from the Command Line
- ThinApp File System Formats and Macros
- Creating ThinApp Scripts
- Callback Functions
- Implement Scripts in a ThinApp Environment
- API Functions
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting ThinApp
- Glossary
- Index
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Index
Symbols
##Attributes.ini
comparing to Package.ini 24
editing 24
A
Active Directory
authorizing group access 18
controlling access to applications 43
using Package.ini parameters 43
API parameters
AddForcedVirtualLoadPath 85
ExecuteExternalProcess 86
ExecuteVirtualProcess 87
ExitProcess 85
ExpandPath 86
GetBuildOption 87
GetCommandLine 88
GetCurrentProcessName 88
GetEnvironmentVariable 90
GetFileVersionValue 87
GetOSVersion 89
RemoveSandboxOnExit 90
SetEnvironmentVariable 90
SetfileSystemIsolation 91
SetRegistryIsolation 91
WaitForProcess 91
Application Link
defining 51, 54
defining access with the PermittedGroups
parameter 57
effect on isolation modes 57
file and registry collisions 58
linking packages to base applications and using
Application Sync 58
sample workflow 55
setting up nested links 56
storing multiple versions of linked
applications 58
view of 55
Application Sync
clashing with automatic update capabilities 51
defining 51
editing parameters 52
effect on entry point executable files 53
effect on thinreg.exe 38
fixing incorrect updates 52
forcing updates with appsync.exe
commands 59
maintaining the primary data container
name 53
updating base applications with linked
packages 58
updating thinreg.exe registrations 53
applications
capturing 15
controlling access for Active Directory
groups 43
data statistics 20
difference between Application Sync and
Application Link 51
not supported by ThinApp
10
sandbox considerations during upgrade
processes 65
streaming requirements and
recommendations 46
updating 51
C
capturing applications
IE6 on Windows XP 24
phases of 15
requirements and dependencies 15
using ThinApp Converter 26
with the Setup Capture wizard 16–23
with the snapshot.exe utility 73
cmd.exe, defining 17
compression
for executable files 22
for trace files 95
computers
defining a clean system 11
using virtual machines for clean systems 11
cut and paste operations, ThinApp limitations 47
D
data container, See primary data container
DCOM services, access for captured
applications 10
deploying
applications on network share 38
applications with deployment tools 37
executable files 38