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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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Chapter 1 Installing ThinApp
6 If you have targeted your GPO policy for the Machine, expand Computer Configuration.
7 If you have targeted your GPO policy at the user or both, expand User Configuration.
8 Navigate to Policies > Administrative Templates > VMware ThinApp Management.
9Click the 7zip node to display the feature specific policy settings on the right-pane.
10 Open policy setting and follow the instructions in the help box to configure the policy settings.
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OTE If you create executable files instead of MSI files you must run the thinreg.exe utility to open files
such as a .doc document or an .html page.
Configure the GPO of 7-zip Application to Remove an Entry Point
You can configure AppLink to disable the help file of 7zip.
1 In Policies folder of the application, navigate to 7zip and click Disable entry-point shortcuts for 7zip.
2 In the Disable entry-point shortcuts for 7zip dialog, select Enabled.
3Click Show, next to Show entry-points to disable text box.
4Copy the 7zip help.exe value and paste it in the Shortcut entry-points disable text box.
5Click Ok and click Apply.
6 Right click Domain Controller and select Link an Existing GPO from the pop-up menu.
7 Select 7zip and click OK.
Configure the Client
Before you configure the client you must run the 'gpupdate/force' command in the Active Directory server.
1 Login to the client machine as Administrator.
2Click Start > Run > cmd.
3 Navigate to the ThinApp folder and run gpupdate /force.
4 Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > ThinApp > Management > 7zip > Diableshortcuts.
5 Verify that 7zip has an entry in Disableshortcuts.
6Start the 7zip application.
When you start the 7zip application, the 7zip application will have two entries: one for 7zip and another for
7zip Help. However, the 7-Zip help will not be visible the next time you start the application.