Omnissa ThinApp Release Notes

Omnissa ThinApp accelerates application deployment and simplifies application migration by isolating applications from their underlying operating systems to eliminate application conflict and streamline delivery and management.

ThinApp 2503 Release Notes lists New features, Resolved Issues, and Known Issues for this release.

What's New

• Support for Microsoft Windows 11, version 24H2

• Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2025

Resolved Issues

Unable to install ThinApp 2412 on Windows 7 due to license key validation failure. [TAPP-146]

Known Issues

The number included after each known issue is used by internal issue tracking system:

• ThinApp 64-bit applications on Windows 11 24H2 does not work with CrowdStrike 7.21 [TAPP-152]

  Note: Reach out to the CrowdStrike administrators for excluding ThinApp 64-bit applications from your CrowdStrike software.

• 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
  

• 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

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

  Workaround: None

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

  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
  

• 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

Documentation

• For more information about Omnissa ThinApp, see the Omnissa ThinApp User's Guide.

• For more information about how to configure and customize the ThinApp Package.ini parameters, see the Omnissa ThinApp Package.ini Parameters Reference Guide.

Omnissa ThinApp Documentation is available at Omnissa Product Documentation.

Internationalization

ThinApp content is available in Japanese.

To switch to a different language, click the language icon and select your preferred language.

Support Contact Information

To receive support, access Customer Connect.

Alternately, to file a Support Request in Customer Connect and via Cloud Services Portal, you can use the information presented in this KB article.