VMware THINAPP 4.6 - 8 Thinapp File System Formats and Macros; Virtual File System Formats; Thinapp Folder Macros

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ThinAppstoresthedifferencesbetweensnapshotsduringthesetupcaptureprocessinavirtualfilesystemand
virtualregistry.ThevirtualfilesystemusesfoldermacrostorepresentWindowsshellfolderlocations.
Thisinformationaboutthevirtualfilesystemincludesthefollowingtopics:
 “VirtualFileSystemFormats”onpage 111
 “ThinAppFolderMacros”onpage 111
Virtual File System Formats
ThinAppgeneratesthefollowingvirtualfilesystemformats:
 Build
Thesetupcaptureprocessgeneratesthisformatfromfilesfounddirectlyonthephysicalfilesystem.
ThinAppusesfoldermacrostorepresentWindowsshellfolderlocations.
 Embedded
Thebuild.batfiletriggersabuildprocessthatembedsaread‐onlyfilesysteminexecutablefiles.
The executablefilesprovideblock‐basedstreamingtoclientcomputers.ThinAppcompressesthefile
system.
 Sandbox
Runningthecapturedapplicationgeneratestheread‐writedirectorystructurethatholdsfiledatathatthe
applicationmodifies.FilemodificationsthatpromptThinApptoextractembeddedvirtualfilestothe
sandboxincludethefollowingoperations:
 Changingthetimestamporattributesofafile
 Openingafilewithwriteaccess
 Truncatingafile
 Renamingormovingafile
Theembeddedandsandboxfilesystemsusefoldermacrostoenablefilepathstodynamicallyexpandat
runtime.
ThinApp Folder Macros
ThinAppusesmacrostorepresentfilesystempathlocationsthatmightchangewhenvirtualizedapplications
runondifferentWindowsoperatingsystemsorcomputers.Theuseofmacrosenablessharedapplication
profileinformationtoinstantlymigratetodifferentoperatingsystems.
ThinApp File System Formats and
Macros
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