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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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For example, you might capture an application on a system that has C:\WINNT as the Windows directory and
deploy the application on a system that has C:\Windows as the Windows directory. ThinApp transparently
converts C:\WINNT to %SystemRoot% during the capture process for that system and expands %SystemRoot%
to C:\Windows during runtime for that system.
If an application registers DLLs to C:\winnt\system32 while running on Windows 2000, the user can quit
the application and log in to a Windows XP machine. On the Windows XP machine, the files appear to exist at
C:\windows\system32 and all related registry keys point to C:\windows\system32.
On Windows Vista, ThinApp moves Windows SxS DLLs and policy information to match Windows Vista
instead of using Windows XP file path styles. This feature enables most applications to migrate to updated or
older operating systems.
ThinApp provides SxS support for applications running on Windows 2000 even though the underlying
operating system does not. This support enables most applications captured on Windows XP to run on
Windows 2000 without changes.
List of ThinApp Macros
ThinApp uses the shfolder.dll file to obtain the location of shell folders. Older versions of the
shfolder.dll file do not support some macro names.
Macros requiring shfolder.dll version 5.0 or later include %ProgramFilesDir%, %Common AppData%,
%Local AppData%, %My Pictures%, and %Profile%.
Macros requiring shfolder.dll version 6.0 or later include %My Videos%, %Personal%, and %Profiles%.
Table 7-1 lists the available folder macros.
Table 7-1. Folder Macros
Macro Name Typical Location
%AdminTools% C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Start
Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools
%AppData% C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Application Data
%CDBurn Area% C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\CD Burning
%Common AdminTools% C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative
Tools
%Common AppData% C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
%Common Desktop% C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop
%Common Documents% C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents
%Common Favorites% C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorites
%Common Programs% C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs
%Common StartMenu% C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
%Common Startup% C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%Common Templates% C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Templates
%Cookies% C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Cookies
%Desktop% C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Desktop
%Drive_c% C:\
%Drive_m% M:\
%Favorites% C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Favorites
%Fonts% C:\Windows\Fonts
%History% C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Local Settings\History