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ThinApp Virtual Operating System
A ThinApp application runs in a virtual operating system—a small light-weight component which is embedded with
each ThinApp application—that consists of a virtual file system and a virtual registry. When the ThinApp application
is run, the virtual operating system environment is merged with the real system environment.
The virtual operating system technology enables entire applications to be packaged into a single
be run without an installation process, and without modifying the resident operating system.
A ThinApp application can be run from a network or offline on the local machine.
Components of a ThinApp Application
When you use Windows Installer Converter, Repackager, or InstallShield Editor to build a ThinApp virtual package,
the resources you generate are called ThinApp applications.
When package conversion is complete, a
path to the generated ThinApp application is listed, such as:
C:\AdminStudio Shared\My Application\ThinAppPackage
The ThinApp application is created in a folder named
Windows Installer package you converted.
The number of files included in a ThinApp application depends upon how many shortcuts are defined:
Table 9-5 • Components of a ThinApp Application
Number of
Shortcuts
1 shortcut
AdminStudio 9.5 User Guide
Chapter 9: Converting Windows Installer Packages to Virtual Applications
ThinApp Application
Components
ProductName.exe
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message appears in the Output window and the
Conversion completed
ThinAppPackage
Description
The ThinApp application consists of a single
executable (
•
Launching the
file is used to launch the ThinApp application.
•
Location of application
file contains all of the files, registry keys, DLLs,
ThinApp components, and third party libraries
that are required for the application to run.
About ThinApp Virtual Packages
that is created in the same directory as the
) file:
.exe
application—This executable
data—This executable
file that can
.exe
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