Archive for May, 2008

Thinstall 3.387 new Setup Capture layout

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Today I gave another Thinstall classroom training. Normally I demonstrate Thinstall functionality with an older version. Now I downloaded the latest available version 3.387 and was surprised about the new layout of setup capture. First I thought it was the same as the Project Norhtstar Beta 2 but that is not. The screens of the [...]

Thinstall Helper (new freeware tool)

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

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For those who need to configure and test Thinstall [...]

Thinstall SBmerge, keep it simple

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Today, while I gave a Thinstall (ThinApp) classroom training, I invent that there is a very simple way to use the SandBox Merge (SBmerge) utility with a small command file. Normally I tell people to open a command prompt and browse to the project files folder. Next step is to start sbmerge.exe with a parameter [...]

Spare drive letters with Thinstall Applications which rely on hard-coded drive letters

Friday, May 9th, 2008

A nice and unique feature of Thinstall is that you can mount the same drive letter into more Thinstalled applications. At this way you can spare a lot of drive letters within your network infrastructure. For example it is possible to use drive letter L: for CD-rom one and drive letter L: for CD-rom two. [...]

Thinstall renamed to ThinApp

Friday, May 9th, 2008

If you remember several months ago (Jan 2008) VMware purchased Thinstall. For several months I was wondering if VMware would change the name of Thinstall. Now I read an article at the c1tr1xguru blog that VMware announced that Thinstall is now going to be known as ThinApp!
VMware application virtualization (powered by Thinstall) technology lets you [...]

Project NorthStar Beta 2; Application Link (AppLink)

Monday, May 5th, 2008

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Thinstall – Application Link

Last months there are lot of communities [...]

Preview VMware Project NorthStar Beta 2

Monday, May 5th, 2008

A few days ago VMware released Project NorthStar (Thinstall) Beta 2. In this preview you can take a closer look at the VMware Project NorthStar Beta 2 Graphical User Interface (GUI) wich has many new features.

VMware Project North Star (Thinstall) Beta 2 available

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

VMware is pleased to announce the release of VMware Project North Star (Thinstall) Beta 2, now available for download on the VMware Web site. This release marks a significant milestone in their efforts to integrate Thinstall with other VMware products, and includes new features that simplify deployment and strengthen security for “Thinstalled” applications.
New Features in [...]