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VMware ThinApp Reviewer’s Guide
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VMware recommends that customers install only the basic components of the operating system for the
machine that is used for capture. It is also recommended that you use the oldest version of the operating
system that your users may be on to ensure that the application installation includes all required files during
installation. The reason to capture from a clean machine is to ensure that all the files and components
necessary for the application are detected by the Setup Capture process. If there is application install logic that
looks for a certain version of a .dll, and the capture machine finds it in the local operating system, then that .dll
will not be included in the virtualized application package, and the application may not function when deployed
to an operating system instance that has not been updated.
Proceed through the Setup Capture wizard. When you reach the Manage with Horizon window, you may
choose to enable the ThinApp package for Horizon Application Manager.
Enabling a ThinApp Package for Use in Horizon Application Manager
With ThinApp Setup Capture, you can enable a ThinApp package to be managed by Horizon Application
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ThinApp packages, see the section titled Integrating ThinApp Packages with Horizon Application Manager .
In ThinApp 4.7, the Setup Capture wizard is updated to include a new Manage with VMware Horizon
Application Manager option. If you select this option, when the user tries to start the ThinApp package,
ThinApp contacts the local Horizon Agent, and the Horizon Agent authorizes access to the ThinApp package
through entitlements set up by IT administrators in Horizon Application Manager.
Figure 2: Manage with Horizon Window in the Setup Capture Wizard
The Horizon Agent must be installed on the user’s desktop for the user to launch a Horizon-enabled ThinApp
package. The Organization URL field in the Manage with Horizon window of the Setup Capture wizard allows
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automation of the Horizon Agent installation.
Note that the Groups permissions window of Setup Capture is skipped if you choose to enable the ThinApp
package for Horizon. This is because Horizon manages entitlement of users to the ThinApp package. In Horizon,
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ThinApp package.