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Creating ThinApp templates is optional.
NOTE
If you add an application to a ThinApp template after assigning the template to a desktop or pool, View
Administrator does not automatically assign the new application to the desktop or pool. If you remove an
application from a ThinApp template that was previously assigned to a desktop or pool, the application
remains assigned to the desktop or pool.
Prerequisites
Add selected ThinApp applications to View Administrator.
Procedure
1
In View Administrator, select Inventory > ThinApps and click New Template.
2 Type a name for the template and click Add.
All of the available ThinApp applications appear in the table.
3 To find a particular ThinApp application, type the name of the application in the Find text box and click
Find.
4 Select the ThinApp applications that you want to include in the template and click Add.
You can press Ctrl+click or Shift+click to select multiple applications.
5 Click OK to save the template.
Assigning ThinApp Applications to Desktops and Pools
To install a ThinApp application on a View desktop, you use View Administrator to assign the ThinApp
application to a desktop or pool.
When you assign a ThinApp application to a desktop, View Administrator begins installing the application
on the desktop a few minutes later. When you assign a ThinApp application to a pool, View Administrator
begins installing the application the first time a user logs in to a desktop in the pool.
Streaming
View Administrator installs a shortcut to the ThinApp application on the
desktop.
The shortcut points to the ThinApp application on the network share
that hosts the repository. Users must have access to the network share to run
streamed ThinApp applications.
Full
View Administrator installs the full ThinApp application on the local file
system.
The amount of time it takes to install a ThinApp application depends on the size of the application.
IMPORTANT You can assign ThinApp applications to desktops and pools that have virtual machine sources
only. You cannot assign ThinApp applications to Terminal Servers, Blade PCs, or traditional PCs.
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Follow best practices when you assign ThinApp applications to desktops and pools.
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You can assign a particular ThinApp to one or more desktops.
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You can assign one or more ThinApp applications to a particular desktop.
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You can assign a particular ThinApp application to one or more pools.
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