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Registering the virtual application to complete deployment
Symptoms
Icon or file-type associations are not created for the application
Virtualized applications are not associated with the file-types that they handle
The expected virtualized application does not start when the associated document is double-clicked
Virtualized application shortcuts do not appear on the Start Menu, Quick Launch toolbar, or Desktop
Resolution
Virtualized applications must be registered during deployment. Registration creates the file-type associations and application shortcut icons.
Two options are available to register a virtualized application:
Deploy the package, then execute the thinreg tool from a script or manually.
Build and distribute the ThinApp package as an MSI file and install the file on the deployment targets. Registration executes during installation using this method.
Thinreg
Thinreg can be run interactively, or by using a script.
Use the following format and parameters in the command-line or script:
/a /allusers - Register for all users, requires administrator rights, see note below.
/k /keepunauthorized - Do not unregister applications for which the user is no longer authorized.
/q /quiet - Do not print anything to the screen, useful for scripts.
/r /reregister - Re-create all shortcuts and registry keys.
/u /unregister /uninstall - Unregister the package.
/norelaunch - Do not relaunch to get elevated privileges on Vista
/noarp - Do not register in Add/Remove Programs
Notes:
When no parameters are used, thinreg registers the application for the current user only. No administrator rights are required for this operation.
If a non-Adminstrator account is used to run thinreg /a , the registration silently fails.
Multiple package names and paths can be registered using one thinreg command. Specify more paths after the first one.
MSI Deployment
Application registration is performed when the MSI package is installed. By default, application registration is only performed for the current user. However, it is possible to specify that the package be installed for all users during package creation by using the per machine option instead of the default, per user. The effect of this is equivalent to using thinreg /a . The per machine option requires that the user installing the package have administrator rights on that computer.
