VMware ThinApp 5.2.7 Release Notes

VMware ThinApp | 31 March 2020 | Build 15851843 Check for additions and updates to these release notes.

What is in the Release Notes

VMware ThinApp 5.2.7 is a maintenance release. This release note covers the following topics:

• What's New
• VMware ThinApp Product Documentation
• Resolved Issues
• Known Issues

What's New

• Support for Windows 10 1909
• Support for new parameters: DisableWriteDAC and IgnoreFolderSecurity in the package.ini file.
• Warning message added, in the SetupCapture wizard, for applications compiled using the AnyCpu flag in the ThinApp build process.
• Security updates

VMware ThinApp Product Documentation

• For more information about VMware ThinApp, see VMware ThinApp User's Guide 5.2.
• For more information about the parameters, see the VMware ThinApp Package.ini Parameters Reference Guide.

Resolved Issues

• Virtual TreeSize application causes an access violation in the presence of other hooks.

  Virtual TreeSize application causes an access violation in the presence of other hook DLLs such as vmwsci.dll, MfApHook.dll, MfApHook64.dll, FlexHook32.dll, or FlexHook64.dll.

  Resolution: 

  1. If other hooks are present, add EnableExternalHookInterception=1 in the package.ini file.
  2. Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.7.
• When running certain 32-bit applications such as cmd.exe on 64-bit Windows 10 1809 and higher, the following error is seen: The system cannot find message text for message number <MessageID> in the message file for Application" whereas some of the applications fail to launch with no error message.

  Certain applications on 64-bit Windows 10 1809 and higher fail to launch or run as expected because the resource files of the applications are not found.

  Resolution: Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.7.

• Applications virtualized with ThinApp fail to open some files with an "Access is Denied" error message when the sandbox is on the network location.

  Applications virtualized with ThinApp fail to open some files with an Access is Denied error message when the sandbox is on the network location and the user does not have WRITE_DAC permission for that location.

  Resolution: 

  1. Add an additional parameter DisableWriteDAC=1 in the package.ini file.
  2. Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.7.
• Virtual Gpg4win Kleopatra fails to start with the following error message: “The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000005). Click OK to close the application.”

  Virtual Gpg4win Kleopatra fails to start with the following error message: The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000005). Click OK to close the application.

  Resolution: Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.7.

• While running on Windows 10, virtualized applications fail with a 0xc0000409 exception.

  Applications virtualized with ThinApp fail with a 0xc0000409 exception which states as follows: Security check failure or stack buffer overrun.

  Resolution: Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.7.

• The Firefox virtual browser fails to open. 

  ThinDirect does not work with virtual Firefox ESR 68.1.

  Resolution: Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.7.

• Any kind of file delete operation in Windows 10 1903 and higher does not work.

  The file delete operation, in any application, does not work in Windows 10 1903 and higher.

  Resolution: Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.7.

• Excel 64-bit fails to launch from a virtual application when Horizon View 7.8 is also deployed on the end user's machine.

  Excel 64-bit fails to launch from a virtual application when Horizon View 7.8 is also deployed on the end user's machine.

  Resolution:

  1. Add EnableExternalHookInterception=1 to the package.ini file.
  2. Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.7.
• Certain virtualized applications fail to launch

  Certain virtualized applications, such as the 64-bit FileZilla, fail to launch with the access denied exception in the event log.

  Resolution: Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.7.

• Virtualized Adobe Acrobat 9 does not run properly resulting in a license error.

  Virtualized Adobe Acrobat 9 does not run properly and results in the following license error: License for this product has stopped working.

  Resolution: 

  1. Add IgnoreFolderSecurity=Adobe PCD to the package.ini file.
  2. Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.7.
• Unable to launch a 64-bit application from a 32-bit virtualized application packaged with ThinApp.

  Unable to launch a 64-bit application from a 32-bit application on 64-bit Windows 10 1803 and higher versions.

  Resolution: Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.7.

• Unable to launch virtual Office 2010 applications captured on a 64-bit OS.

  Unable to launch virtual Office 2010 applications captured on a 64-bit OS.

  Resolution: Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.7.

Known Issues

• Virtual IE11 fails during shutdown after IE11 security patch KB 4056568 has been applied.

  Workaround: Add the following parameter in the General Purpose Parameters section in the Package.ini file and rebuild the package:
  [BuildOptions]
  ForceTerminateThread=1

• LibreOffice does not shut down correctly on the 64-bit version of Windows 8.1. 

  Workaround: Add the following parameter in the General Purpose Parameters section in the Package.ini file and rebuild the package:
  [BuildOptions]
  ReleaseShutdownLocksEarly=1

• Unable to insert Office objects in certain Microsoft Office applications such as Excel charts in Excel, Word document in Word, PowerPoint, and so on. 

  Workaround: None

• Internet Explorer 11 does not start on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.

  Workaround: None.

• Internet Explorer 6.0 does not open some specific URLs.

  Workaround: Add the following parameters to Package.ini and rebuild the package:
  [BuildOptions]
  NotificationDLLs=T2embed.dll

• If Protected View is enabled in Microsoft Excel 2013, Excel fails to open files from a network share.

  Workaround: Disable protected view from File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Protected View > Enable Protected View for files located in potentially unsafe locations.

• Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft Office 2013 fail to start when deployed to a system with Microsoft Office natively installed.

  Workaround: For more information, see KB article 2107369.

• Not able to start Google Chrome from a network share.

  Workaround: Add SetVirtualModuleFileNameInPeb=1 to Package.ini and rebuild the package.

• Microsoft Visio 2010 help files are not displayed on 64-bit versions of Windows. 

  Workaround: Apply the workaround in KB article 2091911.
   

• 32-bit Internet Explorer 10 does not work on Windows 8.1; both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

  Workaround: None.

• If you attempt to start two instances of Microsoft Word 2013 or Microsoft Power Point 2013, these applications become unresponsive.

  Workaround: None.

• If you replace the Outdir parameter in Package.ini with any of the following language characters, ThinApp fails to build packages on the 32-bit versions of Windows 7:

  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Korean

  Workaround: None.

• ThinApp does not support any 16-bit applications on Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 machines.

  Workaround: None

• When you start AutoCAD on 64-bit versions of Windows 7, the following error message is displayed:
  PresentationFontCache.exe - Application Error

  Workaround: None.

• Visual Studio 2010 displays the following error message:
  Invalid license data. Reinstall is required on launch. 
  For more information, see KB article 2091953.

  Workaround: None

• Unable to open web pages by using Internet Explorer 8 or later on Windows 10.

  Workaround: For information about the workaround, see the knowledge base article 2137873.

• When a website is marked as favorite in Internet Explorer, the website is not seen immediately in the Favorites Bar.

  Workaround: Create ##Attributes.ini file in the %Common Favorites% folder with the following content and rebuild the package:
  [Isolation]
  DirectoryIsolationMode=WriteCopy

• When 64-bit version of Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 or Microsoft Word 2010 on Windows 10 is started, a "Fatal Application Exit" error occurs.

  Workaround: Add the ChildProcessEnvironmentException=msiexec.exe in Package.ini and build the project.

• A COMDLG32.dll error appears when applications are run from a network share.

  Workaround: Add ProcessExternalNameBehavior=Original and SetVirtualModuleFileNameInPeb=1 to the General Parameters section of the Package.ini and rebuild the package.

• Microsoft Visio 2010 fails to start when deployed to Windows 10 1803

  Workaround: None

• ThinApp cannot change registry key names on 32-bit versions of Windows.

  Workaround: None