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UNNING NATIVE APPLICATIONS IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
ZENworks Application Virtualization allows natively installed applications to launch in virtual
sandboxed environments. This is helpful when a natively installed application can utilize resources
contained in a virtual package. For example, a user virtualizing a plugin for Microsoft Outlook
would want to enable a local version of Outlook to run in the same virtual sandbox as the plugin.
This is accomplished in ZENworks Application Virtualization by setting the natively installed
application as the startup file (or one of the startup files).
To enable a natively installed application to launch in a virtual environment:
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In the
Virtual Application
tab, click on the
Multiple
button next to the
Startup File
field
•
In the
File
column, enter the local path of the natively installed application.
•
(Optional) Check the
Auto Start
option to have your natively installed application
automatically run when the virtual application is launched
•
Click
OK
This will enable your virtual application and natively installed application to interact with each
other in the same virtual environment.
A sample startup file path for Microsoft Word would look like this:
@PROGRAMFILES@\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.exe
If
Auto Start
has been enabled, Microsoft Word will launch with the virtual application, in the
same virtual environment.
