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The MSI file was not created with ThinApp.
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MSI file was created or repackaged with an unsupported version of ThinApp. You must use ThinApp
version 4.6 or later.
Solution
See the ThinApp User's Guide for information on troubleshooting problems with MSI packages.
ThinApp Configuration Example
The ThinApp configuration example takes you step-by-step through a typical ThinApp configuration,
beginning with capturing and packaging applications and ending with checking the status of an installation.
Prerequisites
See these topics for complete information about how to perform the steps in this example.
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“Capturing and Storing Application Packages,” on page 286
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“Assigning ThinApp Applications to Desktops and Pools,” on page 289
Procedure
1 Download the ThinApp software from http://www.vmware.com/products/thinapp and install it on a
clean computer.
View supports ThinApp version 4.6 and later.
2 Use the ThinApp Setup Capture wizard to capture and package your applications in MSI format.
3 Create a shared folder on a computer in an Active Directory domain that it accessible to both your View
Connection Server host and your View desktops and configure the file and sharing permissions on the
shared folder to give Read access to the built-in Active Directory group Domain Computers.
If you plan to assign ThinApp applications to domain controllers, also give Read access to the built-in
Active Directory group Domain Controllers.
4 Copy your MSI packages to the shared folder.
5 Register the shared folder as an application repository in View Administrator.
6 In View Administrator, scan the MSI packages in the application repository and add selected ThinApp
applications to View Administrator.
7 Decide whether to assign the ThinApp applications to desktops or pools.
If you use a common naming convention for your desktops, you can use desktop assignments to quickly
distribute applications to all of the desktops that use that naming convention. If you organize your pools
by department or user type, you can use pool assignments to quickly distribute applications to specific
departments or users.
8 In View Administrator, select the ThinApp applications to assign to your desktops or pools and specify
the installation method.
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.
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In View Administrator, check the installation status of the ThinApp applications.
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