VMware THINAPP 4.6 - Run the Thinreg.exe Utility; Optional Thinreg.exe Parameters

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Chapter 3 Deploying Applications
Run the thinreg.exe Utility
Thisexampleofrunningthethinreg.exeutilityprovidessomesamplecommands.
Thepackagenameinthethinreg.execommandscanappearinthefollowingways:
 C:\<absolute_path_to_.exe>
 Relativepathto.exefile
 \\<server>\<share>\<path_to_.exe>
Asavariation,youcanuseawildcardspecification,suchas*.exe.
Ifthepathorfilenamecontainsspaces,enclosethepathindoublequotationmarks.Thefollowing
commandshowstheuseofdoublequotationmarks.
thinreg.exe "\\DEPLOYSERVER\ThinApps\Microsoft Office Word 2007.exe"
Forinformationaboutthinreg.exeparameters,see“Optionalthinreg.exeParameters”onpage 41.
Run the thinreg.exe utility
1 DeterminetheexecutablefilesthatThinAppmustregisterwiththelocalenvironment.
2Fromthecommandline,typethethinreg.execommand.
thinreg.exe [<optional_parameters>] [<package1.exe>][<package2.exe>][<packages_by_wildcard>]
IftheservernameisDEPLOYSERVERandtheshareisThinApps,usethefollowingexampletoregister
MicrosoftWordforthelogged‐inuser .
ThinReg.exe "\\DEPLOYSERVER\ThinApps\Microsoft Office 2007 Word.exe"
UsethefollowingexampletoregisterallMicrosoftOfficeapplicationsinthespecifieddirectoryforthe
logged‐inuser.
ThinReg.exe "\\DEPLOYSERVER\ThinApps\Microsoft Office *.exe"
Optional thinreg.exe Parameters
Thethinreg.exeutilitymonitorsthePermittedGroupssettinginthePackage.inifile,registeringand
unregisteringpackagesasneeded.Whenthethinreg.exeutilityregistersapackageforthecurrentuser,the
utilitycreatesonlytheshortcutsandfiletypeassociationsthatthecurrentuserisauthorizedforinthe
PermittedGroupssetting.Ifthis
settingdoesnotexist,thecurrentuserisauthorizedforallexecutablefiles.
Whenthethinreg.exeutilityregistersapackageforalluserswiththe/allusersparameter,ThinApp
createsallshortcutsandfiletypeassociationsregardlessofthePermittedGroupssetting.Whenyou
double‐clickashortcuticonthatyouarenot
authorizedfor,youcannotruntheapplication.
Ifthepackagenameyouwanttoregisterorunregistercontainsspaces,youmustencloseitindoublequotation
marks.
ForinformationaboutthePermittedGroupssettingandsupportforActiveDirectorygroups,see
“PermittedGroups”onpage 73.
Table 3‐1listsoptionalparametersforthethinreg.exeutility.
Anycommandthatusesthe/aparameter
requiresadministratorrights.