Running Native Applications In Virtual Environments - Novell ZENWORKS APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION - V8.0.3 User Manual

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UNNING NATIVE APPLICATIONS IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
ZENworks Application Virtualization allows natively installed applications to launch in virtual
sandboxed environments. This is helpful when a natively installed application can utilize resources
contained in a virtual package. For example, a user virtualizing a plugin for Microsoft Outlook
would want to enable a local version of Outlook to run in the same virtual sandbox as the plugin.
This is accomplished in ZENworks Application Virtualization by setting the natively installed
application as the startup file (or one of the startup files).
To enable a natively installed application to launch in a virtual environment:
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In the Virtual Application tab, click on the Multiple button next to the Startup File
field
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In the File column, enter the local path of the natively installed application.
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(Optional) Check the Auto Start option to have your natively installed application
automatically run when the virtual application is launched
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Click OK
This will enable your virtual application and natively installed application to interact with each
other in the same virtual environment.
A sample startup file path for Microsoft Word would look like this:
@PROGRAMFILES@\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.exe
If Auto Start has been enabled, Microsoft Word will launch with the virtual application, in the
same virtual environment.
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