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Vmware ThinApp Release Candidate

Tuesday, 24 June 2008 by Michel Roth

More application virtualization release candidates. Shortly after Microsoft announced the availability of the App-V 4.5 release candidate, VMware announced the availability of the release candidate of their application virtualization solution, ThinApp. The Release Candidate for VMware ThinApp is build 3.396. The following enhancements were added for RC (Build 3.396):

The default isolation mode was changed from WriteCopy to Merged.
Application Sync makes fewer web server round-trip queries after bandwidth optimizations were made.
User interface enhancements:
- Added a screen to allow selection of the default file system isolation mode.
- Removed advanced and less frequently used screens such as Application Sync.
To handle larger packages, VMware created a separate .dat data container when the estimated size of a data container is over 200MB. This resolves an issue in which Internet Explorer might not show icons for large executable files.
Added the package.ini option, VirtualComputerName. When enabled, this option provides an application with a fixed computer name. This setting is required for some configurations of SQL Server.
Added support for the SQL Server SQLWriter service.
ThinApp MSIs for package and build tools now install per-machine by default.
Added support for the following new file macros: %Temp%, %PrintHood%, %Internet Cache%, %Cookies%, %History%, %Program Files Common%, %Common Templates%, %Common Documents%, %Common AdminTools%, %AdminTools%, %Resources%, %Resources Localized%, %CDBurn Area%, %Profiles%. To prevent any backward compatibility issues, these macros are only available to applications captured using ThinApp 3.393 or higher. You can modify the CapturedUsingVersion parameter in your package.ini file for older captured packages to enable them to use newer macros.