4.6.1
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
- 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
- Guidelines for Packaging Microsoft Office 2007
- Capturing Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP
- Capturing Multiple Application Installers with ThinApp Converter
- 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
- Side-by-Side Upgrading of Running Applications on a Network Share
- Sandbox Considerations for Upgraded Applications
- Updating the ThinApp Version of Packages
- Application Updates That the End User Triggers
- Configuring Package Parameters
- Package.ini File Structure
- Parameters That Apply to Package.ini or ##Attributes.ini Files
- Configuring the ThinApp Runtime
- Configuring Isolation
- Configuring File and Protocol Associations
- Configuring Build Output
- Configuring Permissions
- Configuring Objects and DLL Files
- Configuring File Storage
- Configuring Processes and Services
- Configuring Sizes
- Configuring Logging
- Configuring Versions
- Configuring Locales
- Configuring Individual Applications
- Configuring Dependent Applications with Application Link
- Configuring Application Updates with Application Sync
- Configuring MSI Files
- Configuring Sandbox Storage and Inventory Names
- 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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Index
Symbols
##Attributes.ini
comparing to Package.ini 24, 66
editing 24
A
Active Directory
authorizing group access 18
controlling access to applications 45
using Package.ini parameters 45
API parameters
AddForcedVirtualLoadPath 119
ExecuteExternalProcess 120
ExecuteVirtualProcess 121
ExitProcess 119
ExpandPath 120
GetBuildOption 121
GetCommandLine 122
GetCurrentProcessName 122
GetEnvironmentVariable 124
GetFileVersionValue 121
GetOSVersion 123
RemoveSandboxOnExit 124
SetEnvironmentVariable 124
SetfileSystemIsolation 125
SetRegistryIsolation 125
WaitForProcess 125
Application Link
defining 53, 56
defining access with the PermittedGroups
parameter 59
effect on isolation modes 59
file and registry collisions 60
linking packages to base applications and using
Application Sync 60
optional links 93
parameters 91
path name formats 91
required links 92
sample workflow 57
setting up nested links 58
storing multiple versions of linked
applications 60
view of 57
Application Sync
clashing with automatic update capabilities 53
defining 53
editing parameters 54
effect on entry point executable files 55
effect on thinreg.exe 40
fixing incorrect updates 54
forcing updates with appsync.exe
commands 61
maintaining the primary data container
name 55
parameters 93
updating base applications with linked
packages 60
updating thinreg.exe registrations 55
applications
capturing 15
controlling access for Active Directory
grou
ps 45
data statistics 20
difference between Application Sync and
Application Link 53
not supported by ThinApp 12
sandbox considerations during upgrade
processes 64
side by side upgrading 63
streaming requirements and
recommendations 48
updating 53
C
capturing applications
from command line 29
IE6 on Windows XP 28
phases of 15
requirements and dependencies 15
using Setup Capture wizard 28
using ThinApp Converter 30
with the Setup Capture wizard 16–23
with the snapshot.exe utility 109
cmd.exe, defining 17
compression
for executable files 22
for trace files 129