I have been unable to package MS Visio 2010 with ThinApp 4.7.2 due to a license issue.
After launching the ThinApp on Windows 7 (32 bit) the attached error appears.
I followed the instructions here: http://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/2011/02/quick-start-guide-for-deploying-office-2010-using-thinapp-46...
I also read numerous threads on the VMWare Community forums and tried every suggestion without success.
I cannot get it to work either on a clean Windows 7 build or one with Office 2010 on the image.
The packaging machine is Windows XP SP3.
I also tried packaging on a Windows 7 image without success.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Johnny
Does the package run fine on a clean WinXP? Can you try stopping the Office Software Protection Service before postscan, also verify the native Visio run fine on the Win7?
In the end it turned out that our packaging image was not 100% clean, containing some .NET 2.0 and MS Visual C++ components, which I believe were interfering with the capture.
Good call on getting it working on XP first though. I wasted a fair bit of time trying to get it working on Windows 7 without checking that it worked on XP first.
In case anyone is interested, these are the steps I followed. Some parts are from VMWare, some parts are tips from these forums, and a few were from trial and error.
These are for packaging for a Windows 7 environment where Office 2010 is installed on the base image.
IMPORTANT: Visio should not be activated prior to the postscan for Visio and Project 2010. This means installing with the network adaptor disabled for KMS installations.
%APPDATA%\MICROSOFT\AddIns\
%APPDATA%\MICROSOFT\Office\
%APPDATA%\MICROSOFT\Outlook\
%LOCAL APPDATA%\MICROSOFT\Outlook\
%LOCAL APPDATA%\MICROSOFT\FORMS\
%TEMP%\
Set the following folder and subfolders to WRITECOPY
%Program Files Common%
%ProgramFilesDir%
Put the following in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.txt:
isolation_writecopy HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment
Value=ALLUSERSPROFILE
REG_SZ~%Common AppData%
isolation_merged HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities
isolation_writecopy HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office
isolation_merged HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Security
isolation_merged HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem
Put the following at the beginning of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.txt:
deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{32820823-eb9f-42bf-badb-4482911536bb}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{32f506a9-36f4-45ca-a3b7-e220e2fadcfc}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{0b6faa6c-afa9-4c9f-92a9-d1b9e13e49e7}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{b3fd0790-e46d-44d8-a88c-fcd99771da5e}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{4918cead-10bb-4345-b406-c0096b646c24}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{80f8087e-f900-4c25-b7fb-66ddf3ad2685}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{2fe7e56b-8195-4c8f-a199-fde2e4e09456}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{f1f1e3ad-0dff-41f3-96d0-11b3aa4f0c96}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{c722abe9-52ee-45de-b7aa-1cb7f27dac05}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{458b6290-216a-410c-bdc8-24008876301b}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{491ccf72-9e19-45bc-8a78-5e8c8be7f464}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{529c81ad-3788-4f3d-8c1c-71ccf202de21}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{2b402eec-0c7f-447c-8d44-e816888b1115}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{ce175ea0-8692-4968-b769-1b0029498a41}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{b69b7cc0-0e89-46d0-a99e-abddd4b61743}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{de5206e8-c4ad-42cc-bd53-8cbb3558e80c}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{f9285c37-8314-4516-89d5-e4932dc92de6}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{dce06134-5696-4fa8-b13e-51aad6def5d9}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{fc4fc45c-be7e-4704-99ac-951db77b91dc}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{947a7174-52b0-44f2-bfb6-7f3e07843277}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{69c6e0d2-c565-4d52-9930-d46c4116f708}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{aedd0615-3da5-4d6a-abde-63cedf4e80a4}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{23a22094-b01e-43cf-a372-6d4ee6d9eabf}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{22c493c3-99e2-45e9-a739-ee497e141be3}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{d049f335-4ac7-4400-b449-c532f4876693}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{8d2d2f50-cdf0-45cb-8949-9a39ade5cb7a}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{3ff290b5-342b-40dd-a66b-00e76c0e5b80}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{3086391e-945a-44f8-880a-24d7eee14dae}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{2f9a3248-de98-4b16-b56c-0cdc2d4d3d42}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{23b98090-64e4-400f-9107-921a78bc2cdd}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{8d95965c-956f-4eed-a18f-cf18e6d31e88}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{4530f183-15be-4eba-8bef-e68b6686b921}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{7f76b468-81a6-49ec-9c38-069143206618}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{37d23cc0-470c-4312-a01c-77e1c6e0ad61}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{b17b4b81-bb80-4c17-871c-57d5ab14991d}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{b2e79a4f-f632-43af-86dc-191cd03082ae}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{ea2c0345-2c36-45d4-9692-6972ce4e96c6}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{35dee61f-342b-41a2-acdb-2e207760af1b}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{8c74e7e1-d44a-4cce-9ec0-144a0e037d43}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{816b6d90-87e6-430f-a5fd-734be662bb55}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{a5fb8c3a-6da1-4438-a6cf-44c589aa2665}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{6a4a43f1-4846-4c4b-9a70-c4eac0184d97}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{c3fe9663-9bde-40dd-ae25-f2f8aa2d6b1a}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{26cd69c4-d593-4936-a8bb-e592816a0fad}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{ad89527a-aed4-4382-be23-19be89f9d01e}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{c00469cb-209b-4823-94bb-4139e48f5923}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{a5ce878d-59a9-48ae-8e0a-ed717267302d}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{1a821936-fee1-43a8-8222-87f4e049afb9}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{a5e4db17-4067-4d19-9812-2e3b879b8a35}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{712cbb5d-58be-48dc-b930-c8362f63fdee}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{f986cdbd-8807-418a-adbd-b8ddbf92c590}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{8abec68c-a5d1-40f5-966c-501dddf5c3fe}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{cc0569bb-bde5-4d6b-ac65-b1fa7a227258}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{fbdc5f1a-0b96-4b9e-8f17-df17a3dc59ef}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{17e35d4e-df3a-4a2b-83be-a1b17e710e8a}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{a1971a89-4e84-41d9-b3e0-18a109146bff}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{f4bc39d7-c2c0-40f1-8e59-fe9bd797d755}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{0b753f3d-cf41-42b6-8289-b7a8d334e8f9}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{9d9abca5-0a0b-485a-a962-d1b983ec8274}deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{d19d1258-ada6-40e1-b4d6-5d160e2ebfc9}isolation_full HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\Preferences
Value=PreventIndexingOutlook
REG_DWORD=#01#00#00#00
isolation_merged HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients
isolation_merged HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\00004109A10090400000000000F01FEC
isolation_merged HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Installer\Components\0470D1FF722D1D114A0B000680FA28E0
isolation_writecopy HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\User Settings\Outlook_Intl
Value=Count
REG_DWORD=#01#00#00#00
Value=Order
REG_DWORD=#01#00#00#00
Integration with native Outlook 2010:
1. In Package.ini uncomment the line VirtualizeExternalOutOfProcessCOM=0 .
Set the following folders to MERGED
%APPDATA%\MICROSOFT\AddIns\
%APPDATA%\MICROSOFT\Office\
%APPDATA%\MICROSOFT\Outlook\
%LOCAL APPDATA%\MICROSOFT\Outlook\
%LOCAL APPDATA%\MICROSOFT\FORMS\
%TEMP%\
