VMware THINAPP 4.6 - Controlling the Sandbox Location; Store the Sandbox on the Network; Store the Sandbox on a Portable Device

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Chapter 6 Locating the ThinApp Sandbox
Controlling the Sandbox Location
ThesetupcaptureprocessaddstheSandboxNameparametertothePackage.inifile.IfyoucaptureFirefox
andMozilla Firefox 3.0isthevalueofthisparameter,thedefaultlocationofthesandboxforthe
applicationis%AppData%\Thinstall\Mozilla Firefox 3.0.Thetypical%AppData%locationis
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Application Data.%AppData%isoftenmappedtoashared
networkdrive.
Store the Sandbox on the Network
YoucanusetheSandboxPathparametertostorethesandboxonamappeddrive.Anetworklocationisuseful
forbackingupthesandboxandforuserswhologintoanymachineandkeeptheirapplicationsettings.For
moreinformationabouttheSandboxPathparameter,see“SandboxPath”onpage 101.
Store the sandbox on a mapped drive
1Openthe
Package.inifile.
2UndertheSandboxNameparameter,settheSandboxPathparametertothenetworklocation.
SandboxName=Mozilla Firefox 3.0
SandboxPath=Z:\Sandbox
Forexample,ifMozilla Firefox 3.0isthevalueoftheSandboxNameparameter,thecapturedFirefox
applicationcreatesthesandboxinZ:\Sandbox\Mozilla Firefox 3.0.
Store the Sandbox on a Portable Device
YoucanusetheSandboxPathparametertosetaportabledevicelocationforthesandbox.Youcanuseany
portabledevice,suchasaUSBdrive,thatappearsasadiskdriveintheMy Computersystemfolder.Aportable
devicelocationisusefultokeepthesandboxdataonthedevice
wheretheapplicationresides.
FormoreinformationabouttheSandboxPathparameter,see“SandboxPath”onpage 101.
Store the sandbox in the same directory on a USB drive where the executable file resides
1OpenthePackage.inifile.
2UndertheSandboxNameparameter,settheSandboxPathparametertothisvalue.
SandboxName=Mozilla Firefox 3.0
SandboxPath=.
Forexample,ifMozilla Firefox 3.0isthevalueoftheSandboxNameparameter,thecapturedFirefox
applicationcreatestheMozilla Firefox 3.0sandboxinthesamedirectorythatFirefoxrunsfrom.
Store the Sandbox in a Thinstall Directory on a USB Drive at the Same Level as the
Executable File
ThesandboxinaThinstalldirectorylocatedonaUSBdrivemustbestoredatthesamelevelatwhichthe
executablefileisstored.
Store the sandbox in a Thinstall directory on a USB drive at the same level as the executable file
1Ifthe%THINSTALL_SANDBOX_DIR%or%<sandbox_name>_SANDBOX_DIR% environmentvariablesareset,
unsetthevariables.
2Ontheportabledevice,createaThinstalldirectoryinthesamedirectoryasyour
capturedapplication.
Thenexttimethepackagedapplicationstartsfromtheportabledevice,theapplicationcreatesasandbox
intheThinstalldirectory.
3Iftheapplicationandsandboxoriginallyranfromanotherlocation,suchasacomputer,andyouneedthe
samesandboxonaportabledevice,copytheThinstalldirectoryfrom%AppData%
tothedirectorywhere
theexecutablefileresidesonthedevice.
ThinAppnolongerusesthesandboxintheoriginallocation.