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Forcing an Application Sync Update on Client Machines
You can use the AppSync command to force an Application Sync update on a client machine. You might want
to update a package stored in a location where standard users do not have write access. In this situation, you
cannot use Application Sync parameters to check for updates when an application starts because users do not
have the required rights to update the package. You can schedule a daily AppSync.exe run under an account
with sufficient privileges. The Application Sync parameters, such as AppSyncUpdateFrequency, in the
Package.ini file do not affect the AppSync command.
To force an Application Sync update, use the AppSync <Application_Sync_URL>
<executable_file_path> command. The value of the URL is the same as the Application Sync URL in the
Package.ini file and the executable file path is the path to the executable file that requires the update.
Updating Applications with Runtime Changes
The sbmerge.exe utility merges runtime changes recorded in the application sandbox back into a ThinApp
project. A typical workflow for this utility involves the following tasks:
Capturing an application.
Building the application with the build.bat file.
Running a captured application and customizing the settings and virtual environment. ThinApp stores
the changes in the sandbox.
Running the sbmerge.exe utility to merge registry and file system changes from the sandbox into the
ThinApp project.
Rebuilding the captured application with the build.bat file
Deploying the updated application.
Merge Sandbox Changes with Firefox
This procedure for the sbmerge.exe utility uses Firefox 2.0.0.3 as an example of a captured application.
Merge sandbox changes with Firefox 2.0.0.3
1
Capture Firefox 2.0.0.3.
2
Double‐click the build.bat file in the captured application folder to rebuild the application package.
For example, a Firefox 2.0.0.3 path to the build.bat file might be C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware
ThinApp\Captures\Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3\build.bat.
3
Create a Thinstall directory in the bin directory for the sandbox location.
4
Start Firefox and make a change to the settings.
For example, change the home page.
5
From the command line, navigate to the directory where the ThinApp project folder resides.
For example, navigate to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware ThinApp\Captures\Mozilla
Firefox 2.0.0.3.
6
From the command line, type the "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware ThinApp\sbmerge" Print
command.
ThinApp prints the changes that affected the sandbox folder when using the captured application.
7
From the command line, type the "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware ThinApp\sbmerge" Apply
command.
ThinApp empties the Thinstall folder and merges the sandbox changes with the application.
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