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Procedure
1
Select Inventory > ThinApps and select the ThinApp application.
2 From the Add Assignment drop-down menu, select Desktops.
The desktops that the ThinApp application is not already assigned to appear in the table.
Option Action
Find a specific desktop
Type the name of the desktop in the Find text box and click Find.
Find all of the desktops that follow
the same naming convention
Type a partial desktop name in the Find text box and click Find.
3
Select the desktops that you want to assign the ThinApp application to and click Add.
You can press Ctrl+click or Shift+click to select multiple desktops.
4 Select an installation type and click OK.
Option Action
Streaming
Installs a shortcut to the application on the desktop. The shortcut points to
the application on the network share that hosts the repository. Users must
have access to the network share to run the application.
Full
Installs the full application on the local file system.
Some ThinApp applications do not support both installation types. How the application package was
created determines which installation types are available.
View Administrator begins installing the ThinApp application a few minutes later. After the installation is
finished, the application is available to all of the users of the desktops.
Assign Multiple ThinApp Applications to a Desktop
You can assign one or more ThinApp applications to a particular desktop.
Prerequisites
Scan an application repository and add selected ThinApp applications to View Administrator. See “Add
ThinApp Applications to View Administrator,” on page 288.
Procedure
1
Select Inventory > Desktops and double-click the name of the desktop in the Desktop column.
2 On the Summary tab, click Add Assignment in the ThinApps pane.
The ThinApp applications that are not already assigned to the desktop appear in the table.
3 To find a particular application, type the name of the application in the Find text box and click Find.
4 Select a ThinApp application to assign to the desktop and click Add.
Repeat this step to add multiple applications.
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