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    <title>topic Re: How to add MS Office add-in from inside a Thinapp 5 virtual application to a MS Office 2013 suite that is installed on a base image in ThinApp</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;That's something you could try if the COM is already in the package.ini, but I wouldn't suspect it to be (maybe I should have a look at that project after all). You would also need the other keys (\AddIns) on the physical system.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Edit, that PM link doesn't work, says longer there.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:38:34 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>sWORDs</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-11-03T16:38:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>How to add MS Office add-in from inside a Thinapp 5 virtual application to a MS Office 2013 suite that is installed on a base image</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ThinApp/How-to-add-MS-Office-add-in-from-inside-a-Thinapp-5-virtual/m-p/1320966#M3482</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We have the following solution:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;VMware Horizon View 5.3.1&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Non-persistent Linked-clone pool with delete VM after logoff&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Windows 8.1 Update 1 Enterprise 64 bit&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;MS Office 2013 32-bit installed on image&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Thinapps registered for each user from logonscript with thinreg.exe command. Thinapps is located on a network share&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Native Windows roaming profiles with appdata/roaming, appdata/local without appdata/locallow(persona management does not support Windows 8.1 in View 5.3.1)&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is our issue:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We have a 3rd party application with a couple Thinapp entrypoints(exe files) and in the Thinapp package process we also installed Office addins. We tested that the Add-ins was opened inside Outlook, Word and Powerpoint before post installation scan.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The problem is that the add-ins is not added to Office 2013 before or after the Thinapp is started on a test client.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;"&gt;I have tried several changes in the package.ini and virtual filesystem attributes(no registry changes yet):&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Package.ini:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;ChildProcessEnvironmentExceptions=WINWORD.EXE;EXCEL.EXE;POWERPNT.EXE;OUTLOOK.EXE;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;ChildProcessEnvironmentDefault=External&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;ChildProcessEnvironmentExceptions=excel.exe;outlook.exe;powerpnt.exe;winword.exe&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;ChildProcessEnvironmentDefault=Virtual&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;VirtualizeExternalOutOfProcessCOM=0&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;DirectoryIsolationMode=Merged&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;RegistryIsolationMode=Merged&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have also read that you could make entrypoints to the locally installed Office 2013, but I get errors on the build process. ref. link: &lt;A class="vt-p" href="http://edwinfriesen.nl/content/?p=105#comments" title="http://edwinfriesen.nl/content/?p=105#comments"&gt;http://edwinfriesen.nl/content/?p=105#comments&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The best thing would be if the add-ins were added in the logon process together with thinreg.exe, but if that is not supported, the add-ins must be added to Office either in a custom Office shortcut/entry point or after starting the Thinapp virtual application.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Remember that the application needs to registered every times the user logon, because we use a non-persistent View pool.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would really appreciate if somebody could tell me how to add Office add-ins from inside a Thinapp virtual application/package to a locally installed MS Office 2013 suite on a Windows "base" image?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We do not want to add the whole Office suite to the Thinapp virtual package and not add the add-ins trough GPO,SCCM etc.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:06:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>prime_id2</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-10-31T13:06:06Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to add MS Office add-in from inside a Thinapp 5 virtual application to a MS Office 2013 suite that is installed on a base image</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ThinApp/How-to-add-MS-Office-add-in-from-inside-a-Thinapp-5-virtual/m-p/1320967#M3483</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've done both ways multiple times (the first only when there is another entrypoint ofcourse, like with SAP), could you share the project folder with me?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:39:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>sWORDs</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-10-31T13:39:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to add MS Office add-in from inside a Thinapp 5 virtual application to a MS Office 2013 suite that is installed on a base image</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ThinApp/How-to-add-MS-Office-add-in-from-inside-a-Thinapp-5-virtual/m-p/1320968#M3484</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for reply!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Have sent you our Thinapp test project in a PM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Looking forward to hearing from you if you have a solution.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2014 12:12:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>prime_id2</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-11-03T12:12:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to add MS Office add-in from inside a Thinapp 5 virtual application to a MS Office 2013 suite that is installed on a base image</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ThinApp/How-to-add-MS-Office-add-in-from-inside-a-Thinapp-5-virtual/m-p/1320969#M3485</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So I have managed to execute Excel 2013 that configures add-in from a Thinapp virtual bubble.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This was done my creating a shortcut to Excel during pre-scan and local installation. I placed the shortcut under start-menu\programs and named it "Excel 2013 Applicationname".&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I also added these entries into package.ini:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 67.5px; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;VirtualizeExternalOutOfProcessCOM=0&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 67.5px; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;ChildProcessEnvironmentExceptions=EXCEL.EXE;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 67.5px; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;ChildProcessEnvironmentDefault=Virtual&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I then got a entrypoint to the locally installed excel.exe and when I start it from a virtualized session it loads the add-in. yeah!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BUT this has a big shortcoming..:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You need to start local Excel from Thinapp entrypoint to start it into the virtual bubble so that it can "see" the add-in. but we want the add-in to be made available from the original Excel shortcut residing on the baseline image and the shortcut on the standard start menu.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And you also need to keep the Excel process that are in the virtual bubble alive, if you want that Excel also loads the add-in from the normal shortcut.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So here comes the question:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Is it any possibility to make the add-in &lt;/SPAN&gt;available&lt;SPAN style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; already from logon or keep a hidden Excel session / virtual bubble alive so that users can just start Excel from the standard shortcut while the add-in is automatically included/loaded ?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Or is it any possibility use Thinapp SDK to script a call to the SDK DLL library and make it available for the whole virtual OS?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I hope you understand me,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Cheers&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:13:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>prime_id2</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-11-03T15:13:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to add MS Office add-in from inside a Thinapp 5 virtual application to a MS Office 2013 suite that is installed on a base image</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ThinApp/How-to-add-MS-Office-add-in-from-inside-a-Thinapp-5-virtual/m-p/1320970#M3486</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;As far as I know this wouldn't be possible. Maybe you could write an addin wrapper (So write a new office plugin that starts the ThinApp-ed addin), but I don't think so.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As you've managed to start it, I'm assuming I wont need to look at the project anymore?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:59:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>sWORDs</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-11-03T15:59:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to add MS Office add-in from inside a Thinapp 5 virtual application to a MS Office 2013 suite that is installed on a base image</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ThinApp/How-to-add-MS-Office-add-in-from-inside-a-Thinapp-5-virtual/m-p/1320971#M3487</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;What about the COM object parameters in package.ini ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We can live with scripting in logon or changed logon scripts etc.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And you don't no need to lock in the project files.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;From package.ini documentation:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;---------------------------------------------------------&lt;/P&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;ObjectTypes Parameter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The ObjectTypes parameter specifies a list of virtual COM object types that are visible to other applications in&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;the physical environment. You can use scripts, such as VBScripts, to call objects that start captured applications.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;An object type is registered to only one native or virtual application at a time. If you install Office 2003 on the&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;native machine and want to use a virtual Office 2007 package, you must determine whether to have the virtual&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;or native application handle the object types.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;If you want the virtual Office 2007 to handle the object types, you can leave the ObjectTypes setting in the&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Package.ini file, build the package, and register it using the thinreg.exe utility. If you want the native Office&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;2003 to handle the object types, you must remove the ObjectTypes setting from the Package.ini file before&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;building and registering the package.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;You cannot add random entries to the ObjectTypes parameter.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;You can only remove entries that were generated by the capture process.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Example: Starting a Virtual Application When a COM Object is Created&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;If a script or a native application creates an Excel.Application COM object or other COM objects listed in the&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;ObjectTypes parameter, ThinApp starts the virtual package.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;[Microsoft Office Excel 2007.exe]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;ObjectTypes=Excel.Application;Excel.Application.12;Excel.Chart;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Excel.Macrosheet;Excel.Sheet; Excel.Workspace&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:25:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>prime_id2</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-11-03T16:25:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to add MS Office add-in from inside a Thinapp 5 virtual application to a MS Office 2013 suite that is installed on a base image</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;That's something you could try if the COM is already in the package.ini, but I wouldn't suspect it to be (maybe I should have a look at that project after all). You would also need the other keys (\AddIns) on the physical system.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Edit, that PM link doesn't work, says longer there.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:38:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>sWORDs</dc:creator>
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      <title>Re: How to add MS Office add-in from inside a Thinapp 5 virtual application to a MS Office 2013 suite that is installed on a base image</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;sorry, I was quick to disable the sharing of the file. Sent you a new link in pm now&lt;img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://communities.vmware.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:33:50 GMT</pubDate>
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