VMware THINAPP 4.6 - MIGRATING APPLICATIONS TECHNICAL NOTE, Manual

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ThinApp User’s Guide
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ThinApp starts the sandbox search by trying to find the following environment variables in this order:
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%<sandbox_name>_SANDBOX_DIR %
This environment variable changes the sandbox location for specific applications on the computer.
For example, if the Mozilla Firefox 3.0_SANDBOX_DIR environment variable exists, its value
determines the parent directory sandbox location. If the value is z:\FirefoxSandbox before you run the
application, ThinApp stores the sandbox in z:\FirefoxSandbox.JOHNDOE-COMPUTER if the directory
already exists. If the directory does not exist, ThinApp creates a sandbox in z:\FirefoxSandbox .
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%THINSTALL_SANDBOX_DIR%
This environment variable changes the location of all sandboxes on a computer. For example, if the
THINSTALL_SANDBOX_DIR environment variable exists, its value determines the parent directory sandbox
location. If the value is z:\MySandboxes before you run the application, ThinApp creates a sandbox in
z:\MySandboxes .
If ThinApp does not detect the %<sandbox_name>_SANDBOX_DIR% or %THINSTALL_SANDBOX_DIR%
environment variable, ThinApp checks for the following file system directories and creates a sandbox in the
first directory it detects:
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<exe_directory>\<sandbox_name>.<computer_name>
For example, C:\Program Files\Firefox\Mozilla Firefox 3.0.JOHNDOE-COMPUTER
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<exe_directory>\<sandbox_name>
For example, C:\Program Files\Firefox\Mozilla Firefox 3.0
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<exe_directory>\Thinstall\<sandbox_name>.<computer_name>
For example, C:\Program Files\Firefox\Thinstall\Mozilla Firefox 3.0.JOHNDOE-COMPUTER
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<exe_directory>\Thinstall\<sandbox_name>
For example, C:\Program Files\Firefox\Thinstall\Mozilla Firefox 3.0
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<sandbox_path>\<sandbox_name>.<computer_name>
For example, Z:\sandboxes\Mozilla Firefox 3.0.JOHNDOE-COMPUTER
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<sandbox_path>\<sandbox_name>
For example, Z:\sandboxes\Mozilla Firefox 3.0
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%AppData%\Thinstall\<sandbox_name>.<computer_name>
For example, C:\Documents and Settings\JohnDoe\Application Data\Thinstall\Mozilla
Firefox 3.0.JOHNDOE-COMPUTER
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%AppData%\Thinstall\<sandbox_name>
For example, C:\Documents and Settings\JohnDoe\Application Data\Thinstall\Mozilla
Firefox 3.0
If ThinApp does not detect the %<sandbox_name>_SANDBOX_DIR% or %THINSTALL_SANDBOX_DIR%
environment variable, and does not detect the specified file system directories, ThinApp creates a sandbox
using the following guidelines in this order:
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If the SANDBOXPATH Package.ini parameter is set, the value determines the sandbox location.
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If ThinApp completes the sandbox search without any results, ThinApp creates a sandbox in the default
%AppData%\Thinstall directory of the user.
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Only one computer at a time can use a shared sandbox. If a computer is already using a sandbox,
ThinApp creates a new sandbox to allow you to continue working until the previous copy of the sandbox
closes.