VMware THINAPP 4.6 - Set File System Isolation Modes; Storing Application Changes in the Sandbox; Customize the Sandbox Location; Send Anonymous Statistics to Vmware

ThinApp User’s Guide
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Set File System Isolation Modes
Thecaptureprocesssetsthelevelofreadandwriteaccesstothephysicalfilesystemtodeterminewhich
directoriesarevisibleandwritablebythevirtualapplication.
For informationaboutFullisolationandregistryisolationthatareavailableonlyoutsideoftheSetupCapture
wizard,see“DirectoryIsolationMode”onpage 68and“RegistryIsolationMode”
onpage 69.
Set file system isolation modes in the Setup Capture wizard
OntheIsolationpage,selecttheisolationmodeforthephysicalfilesystem.
Storing Application Changes in the Sandbox
Thesandboxisthedirectorywhereallchangesthatthecapturedapplicationmakesarestored.Thesandbox
isruntimemodificationstorageandisnotacache.Thenexttimeyouopentheapplication,thosechangesare
incorporatedfromthesandbox.
Whenyoudeletethesandboxdirectory,theapplicationrevertstoits
capturedstate.Youmightdeletea
sandboxwhenanapplicationhasaproblemandyouwanttoreverttheapplicationbacktotheworking
originalstate.
Customize the Sandbox Location
Youcandeploythesandboxtoalocalusermachine,carryitonamobileUSBdevice,orstoreitinanetwork
location.
Ifyoudeploythesandboxtoalocalmachine,usetheuser’sprofileasthesandboxlocation.Thedefault
locationofthesandboxforFirefoxmightbe
%AppData%\Thinstall\Mozilla Firefox 3.0.Thetypical
%AppData%locationisC:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Application Data.Theuser’sprofile
isthedefaultlocationbecauseofthewriteaccess.
Anetworklocationisusefulforbackingupthesandboxandforuserswhologintoanycomputerandkeep
theirapplicationsettings.Usetheabsolutepathtothelocation,
suchas\\thinapp\sandbox\Firefox.You
canselectanetworklocationevenifanapplicationisinstalledonalocalmachine.
Aportabledevicelocationisusefultokeepthesandboxdataonthedevicewheretheapplicationresides.
Customize the sandbox location in the Setup Capture wizard
OntheSandboxpage,selecttheuser’sprofile,applicationdirectory,orcustomlocationfor
thesandbox.
Send Anonymous Statistics to VMware
ToimproveThinAppsupportforapplications,VMwareusesthecaptureprocesstoconfirmwhethertocollect
anonymousdataaboutdeployedThinApppackages.Thedataincludestheapplicationstarttime,total
runningtime,andnumberofrunsfortheapplication.
Send anonymous statistics to VMware
OntheUsageStatisticspage,clicktheYes‐Sendanonymoususagestatistics
toVMwareoptionbuttonto
confirmthedatacollectionstatus.
Option Description
Fullwriteaccesstononsystemdirectories
(Mergedisolationmode)
Allowstheapplicationtoreadresourcesonandwritetothelocalmachine.
Restrictedwriteaccess(WriteCopy
isolationmode)
Allowstheapplicationtoreadresourcesonthelocalmachineandto
restrictmostmodificationstothesandbox.
ThinAppcopiesfilesystemchanges
tothesandboxtoensurethat
ThinApponlymodifiescopiesoffilesinsteadoftheactualphysicalfiles.