Export to Virtualization

To start the Export to Virtualization tool, on the Design tab, in the Tools group, click Virtualization, and choose Export to Virtualization.

This tool automatically converts your existing InstallAware setups into Application Virtualization projects that may be instantly re-built using InstallAware Virtualization, producing virtualized applications instead of setup files.

Virtualized applications are run directly without the need for pre-installation, also eliminating application deployment conflicts.

• All files and registry keys you are installing as part of your existing setup will be converted.
• The tool will intelligently parse file system and registry paths and attempt to replicate the exact structure found within your installation.
• Where possible, script variables will be replaced with their literal values. Variables that cannot be resolved to a meaningful value will be left as-is. You may touch up these values inside the InstallAware Virtualization IDE.
• Elements that cannot be theoretically supported by application virtualization technology, such as services and application runtimes, will not be converted.
• Compiler variables will be substituted with their literal values as found in your InstallAware project file.
• Conditional compilation (excluding parts of your scripts based on compiler variable values) is not supported.
• All of your include scripts will be processed.
• Any conditions on script execution will be ignored.