4.5

Add ThinApp Applications to View Administrator
You add ThinApp applications to View Administrator by scanning an application repository and selecting
ThinApp applications. After you add a ThinApp application to View Administrator, you can assign it to
desktops and pools.
Prerequisites
Register an application repository with View Administrator.
Procedure
1
In View Administrator, select Inventory > ThinApps.
2 On the Summary tab, click Scan New ThinApps.
3 Select an application repository and a folder to scan and click Next.
If the application repository contains subfolders, you can expand the root folder and select a subfolder.
4 Select the ThinApp applications that you want to add to View Administrator.
You can press Ctrl+click or Shift+click to select multiple ThinApp applications.
5 Click Scan to begin scanning the MSI packages that you selected.
You can click Stop Scan if you need to stop the scan.
View Administrator reports the status of each scanning operation and the number of ThinApp applications
that were added to View Administrator. If you select an application that is already in View Administrator,
it is not added again.
6 Click Finish.
The new ThinApp applications appear on the Summary tab.
What to do next
(Optional) Create ThinApp templates.
Create a ThinApp Template
You can create a template in View Administrator to specify a group of ThinApp applications. You can use
templates to group applications together by function, vendor, or any other logical grouping that makes sense
in your organization.
With ThinApp templates, you can streamline the distribution of multiple applications. When you assign a
ThinApp template to a desktop or pool, View Administrator installs all of the applications that are currently
in the template.
Creating ThinApp templates is optional.
NOTE If you add an application to a ThinApp template after assigning the template to a desktop or pool, View
Administrator does not automatically assign the new application to the desktop or pool. If you remove an
application from a ThinApp template that was previously assigned to a desktop or pool, the application
remains assigned to the desktop or pool.
Prerequisites
Add selected ThinApp applications to View Administrator.
VMware View Administrator's Guide
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