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Chapter 9: Converting Windows Installer Packages to Virtual Applications

About ThinApp Virtual Packages

Start Up and Shut Down Sequences

If an App-V application has an associated Windows service, App-V will start up the Windows service first, in the

virtual environment, and then start up the App-V application. You will see the Windows service start up in the Task

Manager as a separate process, but App-V will be running the service within the virtual environment.

Upon shut down, App-V will first shut down the App-V application and then shut down the Windows service.

About ThinApp Virtual Packages

You can use the Windows Installer Converter to convert a Windows Installer package to a ThinApp virtual

application.

Information about using the Windows Installer Converter is presented in the following topics:

Prerequisites for Building a ThinApp Application

You can also convert a Windows Installer package to a ThinApp application using InstallShield Editor's

ThinApp Assistant. Using the ThinApp Assistant, you can configure a ThinApp application's Active Directory settings,

files, folders, shortcuts, registry settings, isolation options, and build options. See

Virtualization

For information on how to simultaneously build an InstallShield Editor project, a Windows Installer package,

and a ThinApp application from your Repackager project, see

Repackager Project

About ThinApp Applications

ThinApp is a self-contained application virtualization solution that requires no client-side agents or supporting

server infrastructure. A ThinApp application runs within a virtual environment that prevents it from interfering with

other software running on the same machine.

ThinApp applications can be deployed on a machine without modifying the local operating system or file system.

They run in a "sandbox" (or virtual environment) which protects the local operating system from installation

modifications that could affect stability or security. Also, ThinApp applications can be run safely from restricted user

accounts without local installation.

Information about ThinApp applications is presented in the following sections:

ThinApp Virtual Operating System

Benefits of Deploying ThinApp Applications

Components of a ThinApp Application

and the InstallShield Help Library for information on the ThinApp Assistant.

Getting Started With Application

Automatically Generating a Virtual Application During

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