Windows 7 - Thinapp - for creating portable applications

rraod · 09-16-2011

Hi everyone,

I am interested in Thinapp application and virtualization using VMWare Workstation. I did some work on this.

Any interested persons who would like to share their experiences on Thinapp and VMWare Workstation are welcome here .....

webulator70 · 09-17-2011

Cameyo | Free Application Virtualization is a free alternative to thin app, both are pretty good programs though.

rraod · 09-18-2011

thanks. I will look in to the link and explore the application.

joakim · 09-23-2011

I seriously doubt that you will be able to thinapp workstation itself (and make it work). However, using thinapp inside workstation with a clean vm is definetely the way to go.

rraod · 09-23-2011

I do not mean I want to make a portable application of VMWare Workstation using Thinapp.

My goal is in learning to create different portable applications using Thinapp and exchange these ideas with a group of like- minded people. Thinapp can be better used inside a VM in VMWare Workstation with it's snapshot feature again and again.

But you have given me an idea! Why not I try to make a portable application of VMWare Workstation using Thinapp inside VM....

joakim · 09-23-2011

A thinapped workstation is possible to create, but the functionality you expect will not be there (I tried several years ago). End of the story is it will not work.

rraod · 09-23-2011

VMware ESX 4 can even virtualize itself

Till now I did not get this idea. Whether I succeed or not, let me give it a try virtualizing VMWare Workstation 7.1.1 using Thinapp 4.6.2.

No harm in trying... If I succeed, I will post the results...