Sandbox Considerations For Upgraded Applications; Updating The Thinapp Version Of Packages; Relink Examples - VMware THINAPP 4.6 Manual

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3 Create a desktop or Start menu shortcut to the user's desktop that points to a shared executable file
location at \\<server>\<share>\Firefox.exe.
Assume two users start Firefox.exe and lock the application.
4 Copy the updated version of Firefox.exe to the central share at \\<server>\<share>\Firefox.1.
If you are a new user, ThinApp starts the application with the new package data in Firefox.1. If you are
a user working with the original version, you can see the new version after you exit the application and
restart the application.
5 If you must deploy a more current update of Firefox, place it in the same directory with a higher number
at the end.
6 Copy Version 2.0 of Firefox.exe to central share at \\<server>\<share>\Firefox.2
After Firefox.1 is unlocked, you can delete it, but Firefox.exe should remain in place because the user
shortcuts continue to point there. ThinApp always uses the filename that has the highest version number.
If you must roll back to an earlier version and the most recent version is still locked, copy the old version so
that it has the highest version number.

Sandbox Considerations for Upgraded Applications

When you upgrade an application, you can control whether users continue to use their previous settings by
keeping the sandbox name consistent in the Package.ini file. You can prevent users from using an older
sandbox with an upgraded application by packaging the upgraded application with a new name for the
sandbox. Starting the upgraded application the first time creates the sandbox with the new name.

Updating the ThinApp Version of Packages

You can use the relink.exe utility to update an existing package or tree of packages to the latest version of
ThinApp. Although you can install the latest version of ThinApp and run the build.bat utility to rebuild each
target package with the latest ThinApp version, the relink.exe utility is a faster method to upgrade the
ThinApp version of existing packages. You might want to update your package to benefit from the latest
ThinApp features or support enhancements.

relink Examples

The relink.exe utility has an optional -Recursive flag and can target a single package or multiple packages.
relink [-Recursive] <target> [<target> ...]
For example, you can update an Adobe Reader package to the latest installed ThinApp version.
relink AdobeReader.exe
The relink.exe utility can use a wildcard pattern.
relink *.exe *.dat
The relink.exe utility can use directory names to process all ThinApp files in that directory.
relink C:MyPackages
If you specify the -Recursive flag, the relink.exe utility processes all ThinApp files in the directory and all
subdirectories. This flag is intended for use only with directory names.
If the target name contains spaces, you must use double quotes.
relink "Microsoft Office Professional 2007.dat"
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