9.3. The Bottom Line

Customize package behavior with OSD file scripting.

Customizing OSD files can greatly enhance a sequencing engineer's efficiency and effectiveness. Placing flags on a system for administrative purposes, setting an environmental variable, or even wiping out the user state upon application close can all be done with just a few lines of code.

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You need to delete all hidden temp files that a virtual application creates in c:\myapp\temp\ each time the user shuts down an application.

Deploy a stand-alone MSI architecture.

The stand-alone MSI model is a powerful method of getting virtual applications to rarely connected computers and machines that are not domain joined.

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You need to get an accounting application ...

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