highball.se » Windows 7 http://highball.se Out of Clutter, Find Simplicity Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:47:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 How I ThinApp:ed Office 2007 for both Windows XP and Windows 7 http://highball.se/2009/11/how-i-thinapped-office-2007-for-both-windows-xp-and-windows-7/ http://highball.se/2009/11/how-i-thinapped-office-2007-for-both-windows-xp-and-windows-7/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:42:59 +0000 Carl-Fredrik http://highball.se/?p=390 thinapp-diagram-deploy

This week I have played around quite a bit with the latest version of ThinApp from VMware (version 4.0.4). The goal have been to make a ThinApp package of Microsoft Office 2007.

The only problem have been to create a single working package for Windows XP and Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit).
Yesterday I finally made it!
Here’s how I did it…
  1. Install a clean install of Windows XP PRO
  2. Install .NET 2 and 3
  3. Run a complete Windows Update
  4. Install ThinApp 4.0.4
  5. ThinApp the Office installation by following [Step by Step Instructions on How to ThinApp Microsoft Office 2007] but during the Office 2007 installation choose to install the application to C:\Office2007 instead of the regular %Program Files%. This will fix the problem with 32-bit and 64-bit having different paths to %program files% (On 64-bit editions %Program FIles% points to Program Files and not Program Files (x86))

ThinApp is a wonderful application!


]]> http://highball.se/2009/11/how-i-thinapped-office-2007-for-both-windows-xp-and-windows-7/feed/ 2 New KB about the problem with VI-Client in Windows 7 http://highball.se/2009/11/new-kb-about-the-problem-with-vi-client-in-windows-7/ http://highball.se/2009/11/new-kb-about-the-problem-with-vi-client-in-windows-7/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:40:58 +0000 Carl-Fredrik http://highball.se/?p=382

Today I came across a KB article about the problem with VI-Client in Windows 7.

Link: Cannot launch vSphere Client after installing in Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2

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1. Obtain a copy of %SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.dll from a non Windows 7 machine that has .NET 3.5 SP1 installed.

2. Create a folder in the Windows 7 machine where the vSphere client is installed and copy the file from step 1 into this folder. For example, create the folder under the vSphere client launcher installation directory (+%ProgramFiles%\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\Lib+).

3. In the vSphere client launcher directory, open the VpxClient.exe.config file in a text editor and add a <runtime> element and a <developmentMode>element as shown below. Save the file.

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<configuration>
…
<runtime>
<developmentMode developerInstallation=”true”/>
</runtime>
</configuration>

3. Create a batch file (e.g. *VpxClient.cmd*) in a suitable location. In this file add a command to set the DEVPATH environment variable to the folder where you copied the System.dll assembly in step 2 and a second command to launch the vSphere client. Save the file. For example,

SET DEVPATH=%ProgramFiles%\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\Lib
“%ProgramFiles%\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe”

4. (Optional) Replace the shortcut on the start menu to point to the batch file created in the previous step. Change the shortcut properties to run minimized so that the command window is not shown.

You can now use the VpxClient.cmd (or the shortcut) to launch the vSphere client in Windows 7.

Note that this workaround bypasses the normal .NET Framework loading mechanism so that assembly versions in the DEVPATH folder are no longer checked. Handle with care.

Fernando

Via Fernandos post at VMware Communities: vsphere client on Windows 7 rc.

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via Access Hidden Regional Themes in Windows 7.

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