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A few years ago I worked a temp job where they created. msi files using an application that scanned a VMware virtual machine once, you then booted it up installed the thing you wanted and shut it down. The app would then re-scan and create a msi from the changes it found.
I can't remember the name and would really like to use it in my current job. Has anyone encountered this before and can you tell me what the application was?
Oli
Posted 2012-05-28T09:12:55.190
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The general concept you're talking about is called application virtualisation - and there's several solutions that revolve around it. From the reference to vmware, chances are you're talking about vmware thinapp. - there's other options such as app-v from microsoft as well
Journeyman Geek
Posted 2012-05-28T09:12:55.190
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Thanks for the answer but that sounds a little more complicated than I was planning, I mainly wanted to create msi's for deployment via GPO using a simple technique. VMware thinapp appears to go way beyond this virtualising the deployed application on the end users machine. – Oli – 2012-05-28T09:25:22.907
thinapp will let you create installable MSIs as well, and it does work exactly as you've described it. – Journeyman Geek – 2012-05-28T09:27:23.217
Please [edit] and use punctuation. – Paul – 2012-05-28T09:14:44.110