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VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials

By : Peter Bjork
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VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials

By: Peter Bjork

Overview of this book

VMware ThinApp 4.7 is an application virtualization and portable application creator which allows users to package conventional applications so that they are portable. "VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials" shows you how to deploy ThinApp packages in order to improve the portability, manageability and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. Application virtualization improves the portability, manageability and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. VMware ThinApp 4.7 is an application virtualization and portable application creator which allows users to package conventional applications so that they are portable. ThinApp eliminates application conflicts, reducing the need and cost of recoding and regression testing. In this book you will learn about how application virtualization works and how to deploy ThinApp packages. You will learn how to update and tweak ThinApp Projects before distribution. This book will then cover design and implementation considerations for future ThinApp projects.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Folder macros


The following table shows the supported folder macros in ThinApp 4.7.2, and their locations. Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 R2, and older operating systems are considered legacy versions, while Microsoft Vista, Windows Server 2008, and the later versions are listed as modern versions of Windows in the following table:

Macro name

Legacy Windows location

Modern Windows location

%Drive_C%

C:\

C:\

%Profiles%

C:\Documents and Settings\

C:\Users

%Profile%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\

C:\Users\Username\

%AppData%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\

%Cookies%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Cookies\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\

%Desktop%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Desktop\

C:\Users\Username\Desktop\

%Favorites%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Favorites\

C:\Users\Username\Favorites\

%Local AppData%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\

%CDBurnArea%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Burn\

%History%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\History\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\

%TEMP%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Temp\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Temp\

%Internet Cache%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\

%Personal%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\

C:\Users\Username\Documents\

%Recent%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Recent Documents\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\

%NetHood%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\NetHood\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts\

%PrintHood%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\PrintHood\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Printer Shortcuts\

%SendTo%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\SendTo\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo\

%Programs%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Start Menu\Programs\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\

%AdminTools%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\

%Startup%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\

%Templates%

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Templates\

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\

%Common AppData%

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\

C:\ProgramData\

%Common Desktop%

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\

C:\Users\Public\Desktop\

%Common Documents%

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\

C:\Users\Public\Documents\

%Common Favorites%

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorites\

C:\Users\Username\Favorites

%Common StartMenu%

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\

%Common Programs%

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\

%Common AdminTools%

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\

%Common Startup%

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\

%Common Templates%

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Templates\

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\

%ProgramFilesDir%

C:\Program Files\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\

C:\Program Files\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\

%Program Files Common%

C:\Program Files\Common Files\

C:\Program Files\Common Files\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\

%SystemRoot%

C:\Windows\

C:\Windows\

%Fonts%

C:\Windows\Fonts\

C:\Windows\Fonts\

%Resources%

C:\Windows\Resources\

C:\Windows\Resources\

%Resources Localized%

C:\Windows\Resources\<language_ID>\

C:\Windows\Resources\<language_ID>

%SystemSystem%

C:\Windows\System32\ or C:\Windows\SysWOW64\

C:\Windows\System32\ or C:\Windows\SysWOW64\

%Drive_M%

M:\

M:\