Omnissa ThinApp Release Notes

Omnissa ThinApp | 27 August 2020 | Build 16758710

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What is in the Release Notes

Omnissa ThinApp 5.2.8 is a maintenance release which includes new enhancements, resolved issues, and known issues:

What's New

Support for Microsoft Windows 10 2004.
Added keyboard-only navigation for ThinApp Setup Capture.
Removed links to external references from ThinApp Setup Capture.

Omnissa ThinApp Product Documentation

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

Resolved Issues

Virtualized applications that use Win32 COM APIs fail with various errors

Virtualized applications that use Win32 COM APIs such as RegisterActiveObject and GetActiveObject fail with various errors when more than one instance of the application is run simultaneously.

Resolution: Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.8.
Virtualized Oracle SQL Developer 19.4 application does not function as expected

Virtualized Oracle SQL Developer 19.4 run using the sqldeveloper64W.exe process closes after around 10 seconds. As a result, users are unable to use the virtualized application.

Resolution: Rebuild the package with ThinApp 5.2.8.
ThinApp callback functions in VBScript are not working in Windows 10 deployment

When ThinApp callback functions are used in VBScript, virtualized applications fail to run and the corresponding application error is logged in the Windows Event Log.

Resolution: Rebuild the application with ThinApp 5.2.8.

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.
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.
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.

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

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