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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
ThinApp User’s Guide
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ThinApp starts the sandbox search by trying to find the following environment variables in this order:
%<sandbox_name>_SANDBOX_DIR%
This environment variable changes the sandbox location for specific applications on the computer.
For example, if the Mozilla Firefox 3.0_SANDBOX_DIR environment variable exists, its value
determines the parent directory sandbox location. If the value is z:\FirefoxSandbox before you run the
application, ThinApp stores the sandbox in z:\FirefoxSandbox.JOHNDOE-COMPUTER if the directory
already exists. If the directory does not exist, ThinApp creates a sandbox in z:\FirefoxSandbox.
%THINSTALL_SANDBOX_DIR%
This environment variable changes the location of all sandboxes on a computer. For example, if the
THINSTALL_SANDBOX_DIR environment variable exists, its value determines the parent directory sandbox
location. If the value is z:\MySandboxes before you run the application, ThinApp creates a sandbox in
z:\MySandboxes.
If ThinApp does not detect the %<sandbox_name>_SANDBOX_DIR% or %THINSTALL_SANDBOX_DIR%
environment variable, ThinApp checks for the following file system directories and creates a sandbox in the
first directory it detects:
<exe_directory>\<sandbox_name>.<computer_name>
For example, C:\Program Files\Firefox\Mozilla Firefox 3.0.JOHNDOE-COMPUTER
<exe_directory>\<sandbox_name>
For example, C:\Program Files\Firefox\Mozilla Firefox 3.0
<exe_directory>\Thinstall\<sandbox_name>.<computer_name>
For example, C:\Program Files\Firefox\Thinstall\Mozilla Firefox 3.0.JOHNDOE-COMPUTER
<exe_directory>\Thinstall\<sandbox_name>
For example, C:\Program Files\Firefox\Thinstall\Mozilla Firefox 3.0
<sandbox_path>\<sandbox_name>.<computer_name>
For example, Z:\sandboxes\Mozilla Firefox 3.0.JOHNDOE-COMPUTER
<sandbox_path>\<sandbox_name>
For example, Z:\sandboxes\Mozilla Firefox 3.0
%AppData%\Thinstall\<sandbox_name>.<computer_name>
For example, C:\Documents and Settings\JohnDoe\Application Data\Thinstall\Mozilla
Firefox 3.0.JOHNDOE-COMPUTER
%AppData%\Thinstall\<sandbox_name>
For example, C:\Documents and Settings\JohnDoe\Application Data\Thinstall\Mozilla
Firefox 3.0
If ThinApp does not detect the %<sandbox_name>_SANDBOX_DIR% or %THINSTALL_SANDBOX_DIR%
environment variable, and does not detect the specified file system directories, ThinApp creates a sandbox
using the following guidelines in this order:
If the SANDBOXPATH Package.ini parameter is set, the value determines the sandbox location.
If ThinApp completes the sandbox search without any results, ThinApp creates a sandbox in the default
%AppData%\Thinstall directory of the user.
N
OTE Only one computer at a time can use a shared sandbox. If a computer is already using a sandbox,
ThinApp creates a new sandbox to allow you to continue working until the previous copy of the sandbox
closes.