Omnissa ThinApp Release Notes

Omnissa ThinApp 2111 | 30 NOV 2021 | Build 18970417

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What's New

• Support for New Microsoft Products

  • Microsoft Windows 10, version 21H2
  • Microsoft Windows 11

• YYMM versioning

  Starting with this release, ThinApp is now versioned using the YYMM format (version 2111) to align with Horizon, Microsoft Windows, and current industry practices.

• Customer Experience Improvement Program

  ThinApp has joined the Customer Experience Improvement Program to better understand what is most important to our customers. Participation in this program is optional and encouraged as it will help to guide the future development of ThinApp.

Omnissa ThinApp Product Documentation

For more information about Omnissa ThinApp, see Omnissa Product Documentation.

Resolved Issues

• When using the PermittedComputers parameter, users who are permitted to use the ThinApp package are unable to run the application and the following error message is displayed: Application policy does not permit execution on this computer. Contact Administrator.

• Virtual WebSphere Application Server fails to start on Windows 10 20H2.

Known Issues

• 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.

• 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.

• 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
  

• 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.

• Visual Studio 2010 displays the following error message:

  Invalid license data. Reinstall is required on launch.
  

  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

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

  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

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

  Workaround: None

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

  Workaround: None

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

  Workaround: None

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

  Workaround: None

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

• 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.

• 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
  

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

  Workaround: None

• 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

• 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
  

• Virtual Internet Explorer 11 fails during shutdown after Internet Explorer 11 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
  

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

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

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

  Workaround: None