ThinApp Diagnostic Tools Dialog Box
AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | ThinApp Assistant
On the Diagnostic Tools dialog box, which is opened by selecting Diagnostic Tools in the More Options list on the General Settings page, you can choose to include the Windows Command Prompt and Registry Editor diagnostic tools with your ThinApp application.
If you include diagnostic tools with your ThinApp application, you will be able to look at the registry or file system for the application while it is running in its virtual environment. For example, if you were running a ThinApp application and got an error message stating that the application cannot load a DLL, you could use these diagnostic tools to troubleshoot the problem.
Caution:If you choose to include these diagnostic tools, the versions of regedit.exe and cmd.exe that are part of the operating system on the build machine are added to the ThinApp application. However, these tools may not be compatible with other operating systems.
You can use these diagnostic tools to inspect your application’s virtual environment at runtime. You have the following options:
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Option |
Description |
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Registry Diagnostics |
Select this option if you want to include regedit.exe with your ThinApp application so that you can browse the registry. |
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File System Diagnostics |
Select this option if you want to be able to browse the ThinApp application’s virtual environment file system using a command prompt. |
Launching the Diagnostic Tools Within the Virtual Environment
If you selected the Registry Diagnostics or File System Diagnostics options on the Diagnostic Tools dialog box, shortcuts to those tools are automatically added to the ThinApp application.
When the user runs this ThinApp application, two additional shortcuts will be available in the application’s shortcut folder: The names of these shortcuts will reflect the application name, such as:
[ProductName] Registry
[ProductName] File System
When the user launches one of these shortcuts, that diagnostic tool is launched inside the context of the application’s virtual environment.
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