Repackage existing installation to ThinApp

Repackage your existing installation (EXE, MSI, VBS, CMD, etc.) into THINAPP package.

1. In order to re-create the business logic of any source installation in THINAPP, first you need to capture all changes that this installation makes to the local drives, registry, services and other areas of the system.

   Follow one of instructions below to capture the source installation:

   • Capturing on the localhost

   • Capturing in the Windows Sandbox

   • Capturing in the Docker

   • Capturing on a remote virtual machine

2. Once capturing is completed, open the capturing project in Package Generator. By default, it will be opened automatically.

   • Open MGP project

3. It is highly recommended to review the capturing results and exclude resources that do not belong to the captured app.

   • [MGP] Exclude/include captured files, folders

   • [MGP] Exclude/include captured registry

   • [MGP] Exclude/include captured services

4. Then, specify entry points, set data container, compression, isolation, inventory name and other package settings:

   • [MGP][THINAPP settings] Entry points

   • [MGP][THINAPP settings] Primary data container

5. Switch to the Package tab, ensure that the THINAPP package format is selected and click Build THINAPP to generate the THINAPP package from the project.

   Note

   Ensure that your system has the required prerequisite - VMware ThinApp (5.0.0/5.0.1/5.1.0/5.1.1/5.2.0) installed and activated with the valid license.

   

6. Find your package in the “ThinApp\bin” subfolder of the project folder. To open the project folder, click Go to…, located next to the Project location field.

   

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