VMware THINAPP 4.6 - 6 Locating the Thinapp Sandbox; Search Order for the Sandbox

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Thesandboxisthedirectorywhereallchangesthatthecapturedapplicationmakesarestored.Thenexttime
youstarttheapplication,thosechangesareincorporatedfromthesandbox.Whenyoudeletethesandbox
directory,theapplicationrevertstoitscapturedstate.
Thisinformationincludesthefollowingtopics:
 “SearchOrderfortheSandbox”onpage 103
 “ControllingtheSandboxLocation”onpage 105
 “SandboxStructure”onpage 106
Search Order for the Sandbox
Duringstartupofthecapturedapplication,ThinAppsearchesforanexistingsandboxinspecificlocationsand
inaspecificorder.ThinAppusesthefirstsandboxitdetects.If ThinAppcannotfindanexistingsandbox,
ThinAppcreatesoneaccordingtocertainenvironmentvariableandparametersettings.Reviewthesearch
orderandsandboxcreation
logicbeforechangingtheplacementofthesandbox.
ThesearchorderusesMozillaFirefox3.0asanexamplewiththefollowingvariables:
 <sandbox_name>isMozillaFirefox3.0
TheSandboxNameparameterinthePackage.inifiledeterminesthename.See “SandboxName”on
page 101.
 <sandbox_path>isZ:\sandboxes
TheSandboxPathparameterinthePackage.inifiledeterminesthepath.See “SandboxPath”on
page 101.
 <exe_directory>isC:\Program Files\Firefox
Theapplicationrunsfromthislocation.
 <computer_name>isJOHNDOE‐COMPUTER
 %AppData%isC:\Documents and Settings\JohnDoe\Application Data
ThinApprequeststheApplication Datafolderlocationfromtheoperatingsystem.Thelocation
dependsontheoperatingsystemorconfiguration.
Locating the ThinApp Sandbox
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