Hi,
Are there any best practices for Primary Data Container?
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Primary Data Container
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How to ThinApp Java 7 version 55
Running Windows 7 32 Bit
Running ThinApp Setup Capture 4.6.2-467908
I follow these steps:
Step by Step Instructions on How to ThinApp Newer Java Versions | VMware ThinApp Blog - VMware Blogs
I realize these instructions are a few years old. I do get some issues.
1) I do not get the option to customize the Java install
2) Internet Explorer 8 does not show me to under Manage Add-Ons JQSIEStartDetectorImpl Class I do disable both SSV Helper Classess. I leave the Java pluging
3) When I do a post scan, I uncheck all and check for debug options but iexplore.exe isn't one of them for an entry point
4) I checked java.exe as my entry point since one is required
5) I edited the package.ini and the project as stated
6) I build it
7) We use a central location on the network for thinapps. I place it there.
8) Thru a Virtual Desktop I verify that I am running 6.16
9) I go to the network location and execute bin\java.exe or %ProgramFilesDir%\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe
10) Open IE and test the version. Still 6.16
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
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how to edit thin app application?
how to edit existing thin app application?
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Windows 10 Thinapps - Slow Launch on Thinapp 5.2
Fortunately we've made progress since Thinapp 5.2 enables support for Windows 10, however every package that we've rebuilt with Windows 10 has the same issue. It can take anywhere from 1 minutes to 3 minutes to actually open. Once open, the application appears to function normally.
Is anyone else seeing this? I can't seem to find any posts regarding this issue but for us its happening on physical and virtual windows 10 machines.
I haven't tried to fully repackage an application on 5.2 yet but hoping that won't be required.
Any advice would be appreciated, if not then I'll go ahead and see if we can start a ticket on it.
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Thinapp applications crash after installing Windows 10 Creators Update
Hi,
we are running different virtual applications with thinapp on windows 10.
After upgrading to windows 10 creator update these applications crash.
Every time the event viewer shows an error 1000, Application crash, Faulting Module c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll.
We tried with thinapp 5.2 and 5.2.2.
Is this a known issue with the creator update ?
Kind Regards,
Verheijden Thierry.
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Thinapp and browsers (Chrome and Firefox), lots of issues
Hello:
Are there some guidelines or best practices for capturing Chrome and Firefox? The reason I am asking is that we are having a bunch of issues with each. In more detail:
Chrome: We thinapped the latest version of Chrome, without any additional plugins, with and without the --no-sandbox option per the KB article here:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2104409VMware KB: Google Chrome fails when capturing Google Chrome with VMware ThinApp
This one works fine on the initial run, but after it is closed and opened a second time, it will not work properly after that. It crashes, then upon re-launching it will consume 100% cpu and its window never opens even though the process is running. If I clear the Thinapp sandbox folder for Chrome, it will open up fine for the first time, but when opening a second time the same issue comes back.
Firefox: We thinapped the latest version of Firefox, along with the latest Java 1.8.x, latest Flash, and VMware client integration plugin. It worked fine for about a week then all of a sudden one day it no longer launches (and we haven't changed anything) with the error: Fatal Application Exit, Unable to Open.
I've been looking around and the information is fragmented. I've seen posts with similar issues in the past but supposedly they were resolved with later versions of the Thinapp setup capture program which we are using the very latest and greatest version (5.1.1). To my knowledge we are using best practices and using a bare minimum Windows 7 VM to capture with. Any help would be appreciated, if there have been known working solutions or combinations of versions that work.
Thanks in advance.
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Chrome and its missing taskbar icon
After the recent debacle with trying to get a recent version of Firefox to work in Thinapp I gave up. VMware Support basically tells me I'm SOL and they won't put any effort into solving the problems we have with Firefox. So, since I'm unable to provide my end users a working Thinapp of Firefox we decided to see how things go with Chrome.
Well...better. I downloaded the Enterprise installer and ran it through Thinapp 5.2.2. Then I integrated the provide .admx files and made a nice group policy to configure it. Works nicely, and most definitly way, way, way better and faster than Firefox as of late. I redirected the Chrome user data directory to a network location (user home directory) even though technically we're not supposed to according to Chrome. But alas, I'm running into a problem. There's no task bar icon. This has been reported before (in 2014!): Taskbar Icon problem with Google Chrome 32
Sadly, no workable final solution has come from all of that. Imagine that, it's only been two and half years. No rush. Every once in a while a taskbar icon does actually appear depending how much I mess with the user datadirectory and its location. But generally it's just once, and all other sessions after that the icon is blank, no matter where I put the user data. Has anyone else come up with a workable solution to this issue with Chrome, or is everyone basically stuck with having to accept this kind of annoying behaviour? Stuff like this is highly annoying and the seeming unwillingness of VMware to make their product work nicely with the most popular applications is frankly a bit disappointing. Guess we'll be looking at Unidesk sooner rather than later, Thinapp doesn't seem to have much support or a future anymore.
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Thinapped Adobe Reader opening pdf's in a Local install of IE
We have a document management system which runs through IE which is installed onto the local machine.
I need to be able to see a PDF within the page of IE, at the moment it asks to open the file. Which does work as I have thinreg Adobe Reader and that all works fine. What i cant seem to do is get the local IE to see the ThinApped Reader.
It does work if I run the IE from within the Bin folder of Adobe Reader. I just dont know how to get them to talk, I guess its to do with the Applink command but not sure what i should be entering. Ive seen lots of questions like this but cant seem to get any of the answers to work. If someone could do a dummies guide on how to get this to work I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
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What happens when my 60 day evaluation ends?
Hi, so far this product has been great. I've been having a ton of trouble getting a hold of sales for pricing, which is a bit crazy.
I am wondering though, what happens in 60 days after my evaluation expires? Currently I've just created one .exe for testing, but I was wondering if I purchase a license will I need to remake this .exe or how I tie my existing programs into a new license?
Or lets say I decide to go with a different product, will it automatically delete those old .EXEs?
or even say a few computers I have are offline only, using my PAID license to create the .exe, will it stop working after a set period of time if it can't contact the central licensing server? thank you very much if anyone has any answers regarding this
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ThinApp 5.2 released! Now supporting Windows 10
I'm happy to be able to announce the release of ThinApp 5.2! With Windows 10 support..
Get it here: VMware ThinApp 5
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Thinapp clickonce app
Hi
I'm working with a click once app that requires you to logon to a webpage first and then have the link on the webpage launch the app. This means I can't open the clickonce app directly, because there is session token that is passed from the website to the click once app. In a last attempt to get this to work with Horizon View application pools I'm trying to put it in a thinapp. The problem is I've captured internet explorer 10 and that works as expected, and I've tried to capture the dot net framework 4.5 as well. When I launch the click once app , I get a message that "ClickOnce has stopped working" and the event is CLR20r3 and it references dfsvc.exe, System.Drawing, and System.ArgumentException. Has anyone seen something similar?
If I set ChildProcessEnvironmentDefault=External I don't get that error, but that's because its using the local dot net framework.
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Troubleshooting "failed to create process default activation context"
I'm trying to thinstall some tutorials from the "Professor Teachers..." series.
When I run then exe, I get "failed to create process default activation context". The program seems to run fine, once you acknowelege the error. I have checked the system logs, but the error isn't logged so I don't know what file or resource it is trying to access. I am new to thinstall and I would like to know how to troubleshoot an error like this. Thank you.
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Process can't terminate after exit?
Hi all,
It seems my application can't terminate itself upon exit. It does fine if running natively but after Thinapp packed the ThinApp image will left in process list and refuse to exit itself. I searched on forum and Google for a possible solution and possible cause but no luck. I came across someone mention using a VBscript to kill application by name after the firstParent exits, but it seems not a very reliable solution to me. Can anyone suggest a solution or a way to troubleshoot my thinapp? Or to breakdown the problem:
1. Is there a way to list all the process "inside" the virtual environment in run-time?
2. Is there a way to find all child process of a ThinApp instance?
3. What's the exit condition of ThinApp environment? all process terminates?
Bests,
xbtsw
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Creating file in user persistent sandbox at runtime of thinapp?
I have a program Edmark that creates a simple XML preferences file in it's own program files directory at first run. I have Thinapped said program with the preconfigured XML file in the thinapp build directory "%ProgramFilesDir%\Edmark\Edmark Reading Program Home Edition - Level 1\" exactly where and how it is created on a standard install right with the main executable. But when I run/install it on our linked clones with user persistent data disks this file gets created in the users thinapp sandbox with default settings instead of using the one packaged in the program directory.
My question is then... Is there somewhere in the thinapp build folder I can put this xml file so it gets copied/put into the users persistent thinapp sandbox?
P:\Users\vditest\AppData\Roaming\Thinstall\Edmark Reading Program Home Edition - Level 1\%ProgramFilesDir%\Edmark\Edmark Reading Program Home Edition - Level 1\Mach Prefs.xml
Can it be because I added this file manually to the build directory after my postscan? Did it not get picked up by the build batch file and needs added to a list of files to include somewhere? Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide!
*Humble new Thinapp admin*
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Convert Windows reg file into Thinapp project format
Is there a utility to do this?
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File association for excel
Hi,
I have created a 64 bit office 2010 excel application and when trying to open an existing .xls file from physical machine through virtual xls, all the .xls files are showing as unknown file types. However I am able to open the documents.
So will this be the behavior or virtual excel should read .xls file and associate icon should show , when clicking open button. Just trying to understand the concepts.
Any help please...?
Note: In my environment, 32 bit office 2010 excel is installed natively and we have 64bit excel 2010 thinapped.
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dll - the specified module could not be found
Hi,
Wondering if anyone can help, having issues ThinApping an application which uses C++ runtime dll's. The application in question is a calibration tester for gas detectors and isn't available for public use. The application launches fine but when you choose to edit a calibration file, which is literally just a file, you click edit and Windows Explorer launches to browse for the file, you can choose the file and then following error pops up:
Unable to load mfc80.dll - The specified module could be found
I can see the above dll within the winsxs folder so it exists, I have also tried copying the dll file to the %systemsystem% folder, when copied to the %systemsystem% folder the above error disappears but then a new error pops up:
Runtime Error!
R6034 An application has made an attempt to load the C runtime library incorrectly.
And at this point I'm stuck. I have read up a bit about dll's not being loaded/found and implemented some of the suggestions on this forum including:
- ThinApping the application with C++ Redistributable Package 2005 (2005 appears to the C++ package with this specific dll in it)
- Adding ExternalDLLs=mfc80.dll to the package.ini
- Copied all the dll's (not just the one dll which appears to be causing me problems) within the winsxs to the relevant %systemsystem% and %systemsystem(x64)% folders
ThinApp was done on Windows 7 x64 capture machine, using ThinApp 5.2.1 and target VDI desktop is also Windows 7 x64.
I can run the ThinApped application fine from various other Windows 7 desktops including the machine it was captured on and my own personal laptop, appears to be an issue with target VDI desktop we wish to deploy to.
Anyone else had any experience of this? Any suggestions?
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Chrome and its missing taskbar icon
After the recent debacle with trying to get a recent version of Firefox to work in Thinapp I gave up. VMware Support basically tells me I'm SOL and they won't put any effort into solving the problems we have with Firefox. So, since I'm unable to provide my end users a working Thinapp of Firefox we decided to see how things go with Chrome.
Well...better. I downloaded the Enterprise installer and ran it through Thinapp 5.2.2. Then I integrated the provide .admx files and made a nice group policy to configure it. Works nicely, and most definitly way, way, way better and faster than Firefox as of late. I redirected the Chrome user data directory to a network location (user home directory) even though technically we're not supposed to according to Chrome. But alas, I'm running into a problem. There's no task bar icon. This has been reported before (in 2014!): Taskbar Icon problem with Google Chrome 32
Sadly, no workable final solution has come from all of that. Imagine that, it's only been two and half years. No rush. Every once in a while a taskbar icon does actually appear depending how much I mess with the user datadirectory and its location. But generally it's just once, and all other sessions after that the icon is blank, no matter where I put the user data. Has anyone else come up with a workable solution to this issue with Chrome, or is everyone basically stuck with having to accept this kind of annoying behaviour? Stuff like this is highly annoying and the seeming unwillingness of VMware to make their product work nicely with the most popular applications is frankly a bit disappointing. Guess we'll be looking at Unidesk sooner rather than later, Thinapp doesn't seem to have much support or a future anymore.
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IE 8 and Java 1.5 Update 8 JRE not loading
I am attempting to crate an IE 8 ThinApp and AppLink JRE 1.5u8 using the following articles:
Step by Step Instructions on How to ThinApp Newer Java Versions - VMware ThinApp Blog - VMware Blogs
How to package Internet Explorer 8 - VMware ThinApp Blog - VMware Blogs
Now, I have tried the AppLink approach, as well as integrating Java in IE before doing a post scan. No matter how I what I try, I always get the following message when attempting to start an applet in the IE ThinApp:
In the project directory, under %ProgramFilesDir%\Java\jre1.5.0_08\bin, there is no server directory, which is correct. The server directory should only be available when installing the JDK, not the JRE. Nonetheless, I vopied the client dir and renamed it to server, but I am still receiving the same error.
I am doing all capturing on a Windows XP Sp 2 32-bit OS, and would like to run this on a Windows 7 64-bit system. I have not been able to find a solution to this problem anywhere.
I am using ThinApp Setup Capture v5.2.2
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Thinapped Adobe Reader opening pdf's in a Local install of IE
We have a document management system which runs through IE which is installed onto the local machine.
I need to be able to see a PDF within the page of IE, at the moment it asks to open the file. Which does work as I have thinreg Adobe Reader and that all works fine. What i cant seem to do is get the local IE to see the ThinApped Reader.
It does work if I run the IE from within the Bin folder of Adobe Reader. I just dont know how to get them to talk, I guess its to do with the Applink command but not sure what i should be entering. Ive seen lots of questions like this but cant seem to get any of the answers to work. If someone could do a dummies guide on how to get this to work I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
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