General Settings Page

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | ThinApp Assistant

On the General Settings page in the ThinApp Assistant, you specify Sandbox options, including options to control access to the ThinApp application using Active Directory.

The General Settings page includes the following options:

Option

Description

Sandbox Name

When a ThinApp application is built, a Sandbox cache is created in the following location:

c:\Documents & Settings\USER_NAME\Application Data\ThinApp\SANDBOX_NAME

By default, AdminStudio names the Sandbox by assigning it a unique GUID. However, if you want to override this default Sandbox name, you may (optionally) enter a new name in the Sandbox Name field.

Mapped Network Drive Changes go to Sandbox

Enable this option if you want changes for Network mapped drives to be saved in the sandbox. By default, users can read and write normally to network mapped drives.

Removable Disk Changes go to Sandbox

Enable this option if you want changes for removable disks to be saved in the sandbox. By default users can read and write normally to removable disks.

Reset Sandbox on Exit

Select this option to delete the sandbox content when the application exits. This resets the ThinApp application to its original captured state.

Control Access via Active Directory

If you want to control the access of users to a ThinApp application by specifying Active Directory groups, select this option and enter the names of those groups.

At build-time, ThinApp would then assign a unique GUID-like number to uniquely identify each Active Directory Group that you have identified. Members of those groups will have access to the ThinApp application.

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Allow application execution to the following user groups—Enter the names of all of the Active Directory groups that you want to have permission to run this ThinApp application, separated by semi-colons, such as:

GroupOne;GroupTwo;GroupThree

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Message shown when users not belonging to above groups run the ThinApp application—Enter the message that will be displayed when users that do not belong to the specified groups attempt to launch a ThinApp application.

Caution:If you do not select the Control Access via Active Directory option, anyone who has access to a directory containing a ThinApp application will be able to run the application.

Note:For more information, see About Controlling Access to ThinApp Applications.

For testing purposes, you can also choose to include diagnostic tools in your ThinApp application by selecting the Diagnostic Tools link in the More Options list. For more information, see Diagnostic Tools Dialog Box.