You update an AppStack to add applications, update existing applications, or remove applications from the AppStack.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have the correct credentials and you are taking the appropriate precautions:
- Run AppCapture as administrator.
- Create at least one AppStack.
- Disable User Account Control (UAC) notifications on the provisioning machine. See http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/turn-user-account-control-on-off#1TC=windows-7.
- Become familiar with the command options that apply to updating an AppStack. See AppCapture Command-Line Options).
Procedure
- Open the command prompt and navigate to the AppCapture folder with either
cd "\Program Files\VMware\AppCapture"
(64-bit) orcd "\Program Files (x86)\VMware\AppCapture"
(32-bit). - Update an AppStack:
- After you add or remove the applications, navigate to the command prompt and press .
- Press AppStack update procedure. to restart the machine and finalize the
Results
After the machine restarts, the JSON, VHD, and VMDK files are created. When the application capture process finishes, the applications are removed from the machine.