VMware THINAPP 4.6 - Capturing Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP; Requirements for Capturing Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP; Capture Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP by Using the Setup Capture Wizard

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Capturing Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP
AfteryouusetheSetupCapturewizardtocaptureInternetExplorer6runningonWindowsXP,onatest
machineyoucanusetheThinAppThinDirectplug‐intoredirectWebsitesorspecificpagestoautomatically
openinavirtualInternetExplorer6browser.YoucanviewWebpagesthat
areincompatibleinthenative
versionofInternetExplorerinthevirtualInternetExplorer6.Alistismaintainedthatfacilitatesaredirection
processforspecifiedincompatibledomainsandpages.
YoucanalsoinstallInternetExplorer6plug‐inssuchasJavaruntimeplug‐ins.Theplug‐insaretreatedas
any
otherfileduringSetupCapture.Theplug‐insareembeddedintheInternetExplorer6capture.
AftertheThinDirectplug‐inissuccessfullyinstalledinyournativebrowser,whenauserrequestsaURLthat
isincludedintheredirectlist,amessageappearsinthenativebrowsertoalert
theuserthatthepageisbeing
redirectedtoavirtualInternetExplorer6browser.ThevirtualbrowseropensandtherequestedURLappears.
Requirements for Capturing Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP
BeforeyoustarttheSetupCapturewizardthefollowingrequirementsmustbemet:
 YoumusthaveacleanvirtualmachinewithWindowsXPinstalled.
EnsurethatWindowsXPincludesalltheservicepacksandMicrosoftupdates,sothatInternetExplorer
6iscapturedwiththelatestsecurityfixesfromMicrosoft.
 ThinAppmustbeinstalledonthesamemachine.
Capture Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP by Using the Setup Capture Wizard
CapturingInternetExplorer6usingtheSetupCapturewizardissimilartothatofcapturingother
applications.Therearetwokeydifferences.WhenyouusetheSetupCapturewizardtocaptureInternet
Explorer6onWindowsXP,youdefineanentrypointtoInternetExplorer.YoualsouseThinDirecttospecify

URLsthatwillberedirectedtothevirtualizedInternetExplorer6browser.
See“CapturingApplicationswiththeSetupCaptureWizard”onpage 16forafulloverviewofthestandard
SetupCaptureprocess.
RunsetupcaptureonamachinerunningWindowsXPwithServicePack3,andwiththe.NETframework
installed.
Capture Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP
1 CreateasystemimageusingthePrescanprocessoftheSetupCapturewizard.
2IntheInstallApplicationdialogbox,clickInternetExplorer.
3 SelectIncludeentrypointforvitualizedInternetExplorer6inthevirtualpackageandclickOK.
Thisoptioncapturesboththefilesthat changedduringsetupcaptureandother
requiredfilesandregistry
settings.
4Installanyplug‐insforInternetExplorerthatyouwanttobeincludedinthepackage.
5RescanthesystemusingthePostscanprocessoftheSetupCapturewizard.
6IntheSetupCapture–EntryPointsdialogbox,selectthedefault,VirtIE6.exe.
7FollowthepromptsuntiltheNative
BrowserRedirectdialogboxappears.
8 CreatealistoftheWebsitesandpagesthatyouwanttoredirecttothevirtualInternetExplorer6package.
Eachentrymustbeonaseparateline.
 Youcanusewildcards,forexample*.example.com.
 Youcanspecifyasitesothatallpagesonthatsiteareredirected,forexample,www.example.com.
 Youcanspecifyasitenamefollowedbyapagename,sothatthespecificpageisredirected,for
examplejavatester.org/version.html.