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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
- Manage with VMware Horizon Application Manager
- 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
- Capturing Internet Explorer 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
- Upgrading Running Applications on a Network Share
- Sandbox Considerations for Upgraded Applications
- Updating the ThinApp Version of Packages
- Application Updates That the End User Triggers
- 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 22
editing 22
A
Active Directory
authorizing group access 16
controlling access to applications 39
using Package.ini parameters 39
API parameters
AddForcedVirtualLoadPath 75
ExecuteExternalProcess 76
ExecuteVirtualProcess 77
ExitProcess 75
ExpandPath 76
GetBuildOption 77
GetCommandLine 78
GetCurrentProcessName 78
GetEnvironmentVariable 80
GetFileVersionValue 77
GetOSVersion 79
RemoveSandboxOnExit 80
SetEnvironmentVariable 80
SetfileSystemIsolation 81
SetRegistryIsolation 81
WaitForProcess 81
Application Link
defining 47, 50
defining access with the PermittedGroups
parameter 53
effect on isolation modes 53
file and registry collisions 54
linking packages to base applications and using
Application Sync 54
sample workflow 51
setting up nested links 52
storing multiple versions of linked
applications 54
view of 51
Application Sync
clashing with automatic update capabilities 47
defining 47
editing parameters 48
effect on entry point executable files 49
effect on thinreg.exe 34
fixing incorrect updates 48
forcing updates with appsync.exe
commands 55
maintaining the primary data container
name 49
updating base applications with linked
packages 54
updating thinreg.exe registrations 49
applications
capturing 13
controlling access for Active Directory
groups 39
data statistics 18
difference between Application Sync and
Application Link 47
not supported by ThinApp
10
sandbox considerations during upgrade
processes 58
streaming requirements and
recommendations 42
updating 47
C
capturing applications
IE6 on Windows XP 22
phases of 13
requirements and dependencies 13
using ThinApp Converter 24
with the Setup Capture wizard 14–21
with the snapshot.exe utility 65
cmd.exe, defining 15
compression
for executable files 20
for trace files 85
computers
defining a clean system 10
using virtual machines for clean systems 11
cut and paste operations, ThinApp limitations 43
D
data container, See primary data container
DCOM services, access for captured
applications 10
deploying
applications on network share 34
applications with deployment tools 33
executable files 34