ThinApp will virtualize some hardware properties such as harddrive serial numbers but applications that bind to things like ethernet MAC address or CPU-ID may not run when moved to another PC.Jitil Inc. * Some software with copy protection based on hardware. Applications that use pre-installed device drivers can function without issues. * Any software that installs and requires a device driver to function. Many windows applications can be packaged and made portable with VMware ThinApp, with the following notable exceptions: Unlike self-extracting ZIP files, ThinApp does not extract files to disk or require system registry changes in order to run applications. Also it is able to scan a system before and after an applications installation and create a portable executable based upon changes made to the systems files and registry.
msi files into self-contained EXE files which includes everything required to run. ThinApp converts standard application installers such as.
ThinApp does not have any pre-installed components and does not require the installation of device drivers allowing applications to run from USB keys or network shares without ever requiring Administrator rights. The virtual environment presented to the client is a merged view of the underlying physical and virtual resources, thereby allowing the virtualization layer to fool the application into thinking that it is running as if it were fully installed. ThinApp is able to execute applications without them being installed in the traditional sense by virtualizing resources such as environment variables, files and Windows Registry keys. VMware ThinApp is an application virtualization solution. The trial version of Thinstall was initially available only to corporations, however VMware now offers a public trial version.
On June 10, 2008, VMware announced that the final name for the product was going to be VMware ThinApp. VMware later used the code name VMware Project North Star while the product was in beta. and was acquired by VMware on January 15, 2008. ThinApp (previously known as Thinstall) was originally developed by Jitit Inc. Rajeshkumar created the topic: VMware ThinApp
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