I have SAS 9.2 packaged with no compression and WriteCopy isolation, and it takes quite a long time to start when packaged with ThinApp. I'm not even running it off a network volume, just off the local hard drive.
If I launch the application as installed normally, it opens very quickly.
The delay occurs after the VMware logo box pops up in the lower right hand corner. There is about a 60-90 second delay before the SAS splash screen comes up. Running this off a network volume multiplies the delay substantially.
I do not see anything obvious in the trace files. Any suggestions?