Shortcuts; Source; Workingdirectory - VMware THINAPP 4.6 Manual

ThinApp User's Guide

Shortcuts

The Shortcuts parameter lists the locations where the thinreg.exe utility creates a shortcut to a virtual
application.
The capture process determines Shortcuts entries based on the shortcuts the application installer
implements. MSI files use the Shortcuts parameter to determine the shortcuts to create.
Examples
You can modify the Shortcuts parameter to create a shortcut in the Microsoft Office folder of the Start menu
to the Microsoft Word 2003 application. If you add shortcut locations, use semicolons to separate the entries.
Each entry can contain folder macros.
[Microsoft Office Word 2003.exe]
ReadOnlyData=bin\Package.ro.tvr
Source=%ProgramFilesDir%\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE
Shortcuts=%Programs%\Microsoft Office

Source

The Source parameter specifies the executable file that ThinApp loads when you use a shortcut executable
file. The parameter provides the path to the executable file in the virtual or physical file system.
ThinApp specifies the source for each executable file. If an application suite has three user entry points, such
as Winword.exe, Powerpnt.exe, and Excel.exe, the Package.ini file lists three application entries. Each
entry has a unique source entry.
If ThinApp cannot find the source executable file in the virtual file system, ThinApp searches the physical file
system. For example, if you use native Internet Explorer from the virtual environment, ThinApp loads the
source executable file from the physical file system.
The Source parameter and the /bin directory in the project are not related to each other. The /bin directory
stores the generated executable file and the Source path points to the installed executable file stored in the
read‐only virtual file system.
Do not modify the Source path. The capture process determines the path based on where the application
installer places the executable file in the physical file system of the capture machine. ThinApp creates a virtual
file system path based on the physical file system path.
Examples
The Source parameter can point to an entry point in C:\Program Files\<base_app>\<app>.exe.
[<app>.exe]
Source=%ProgramFilesDir%\<base_app>\<app>.exe

WorkingDirectory

The WorkingDirectory parameter determines the first location in which an application looks for files and
places files.
ThinApp does not include this parameter by default in the Package.ini file because Thinapp assumes the
working directory is the directory where the executable file resides. The typical location in a ThinApp
environment is on the desktop of the deployment machine.
You can set the working directory for individual applications. The working directory can exist in the virtual
file system, the sandbox, or the physical system depending on the isolation mode setting. You can use folder
macros for the pathname conventions.
The WorkingDirectory parameter sets the initial value of the working directory but the directory is dynamic
as you navigate to other locations.
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