List Of Thinapp Macros - VMware THINAPP 4.6 Manual

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For example, you might capture an application on a system that has C:\WINNT as the Windows directory and
deploy the application on a system that has C:\Windows as the Windows directory. ThinApp transparently
converts C:\WINNT to %SystemRoot% during the capture process for that system and expands %SystemRoot%
to C:\Windows during runtime for that system.
If an application registers DLLs to C:\winnt\system32 while running on Windows 2000, the user can quit
the application and log in to a Windows XP machine. On the Windows XP machine, the files appear to exist at
C:\windows\system32 and all related registry keys point to C:\windows\system32.
On Windows Vista, ThinApp moves Windows SxS DLLs and policy information to match Windows Vista
instead of using Windows XP file path styles. This feature enables most applications to migrate to updated or
older operating systems.
ThinApp provides SxS support for applications running on Windows 2000 even though the underlying
operating system does not. This support enables most applications captured on Windows XP to run on
Windows 2000 without changes.

List of ThinApp Macros

ThinApp uses the shfolder.dll file to obtain the location of shell folders. Older versions of the
shfolder.dll file do not support some macro names.
Macros requiring shfolder.dll version 5.0 or later include %ProgramFilesDir%, %Common AppData%,
%Local AppData%, %My Pictures%, and %Profile%.
Macros requiring shfolder.dll version 6.0 or later include %My Videos%, %Personal%, and %Profiles%.
Table 8‐1 lists the available folder macros.
Table 8-1. Folder Macros
Macro Name
%AdminTools%
%AppData%
%CDBurn Area%
%Common AdminTools%
%Common AppData%
%Common Desktop%
%Common Documents%
%Common Favorites%
%Common Programs%
%Common StartMenu%
%Common Startup%
%Common Templates%
%Cookies%
%Desktop%
%Drive_c%
%Drive_m%
%Favorites%
%Fonts%
%History%
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Typical Location
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Start
Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Application Data
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\CD Burning
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative
Tools
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorites
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Templates
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Cookies
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Desktop
C:\
M:\
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Favorites
C:\Windows\Fonts
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Local Settings\History
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