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 sbmerge.exe–MergesruntimechangesrecordedintheapplicationsandboxwiththeThinAppproject
andupdatesthecapturedapplication.
 SetupCapture.exe–Capturesandconfiguresapplicationsthroughawizard.
 snapshot.exe–Comparesthepreinstallationenvironmentandpostinstallationenvironmentduringthe
applicationcaptureprocess.
ThinAppstartsthisutilityduringthesetupcaptureprocess.
 snapshot.ini–StoresentriesforthevirtualregistryandvirtualfilesystemthatThinAppignoresduring
theprocessofcapturinganapplication.
Thesnapshot.exefilereferencesthesnapshot.inifile.Advancedusersmightmodifythe
snapshot.inifiletoensurethatThinAppdoesnotcapturecertainentrieswhencreatinganapplication
package.
 template.msi–BuildstheMSIfiles.
Youcancustomizethistemplatetoensurethatthe.msifilesgeneratedbyThinAppadheretocompany
deploymentproceduresandstandards.Forexample,youcanaddregistrysettingsthatyouwant
ThinApptoaddtoclientcomputersaspartoftheinstallation.
 thinreg.exe–Registerscapturedapplicationsonacomputer.
ThisregistrationincludessettingupshortcutsandtheStartmenuandsettingupfiletypeassociations
thatallowyoutoopenapplications.
 tlink.exe–Linkskeymodulesduringthebuildprocessofthecapturedapplication.
 vftool.exe–Compilesthevirtualfilesystemduringthebuildprocessofthecapturedapplication.
 vregtool.exe–Compilesthevirtualregistryduringthebuildprocessofthecapturedapplication.