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Including Additional Windows Installer Packages in a ThinApp Application

AdminStudio 2025 | 29.0 | ThinApp Assistant

Sometimes a primary Windows Installer package uses other Windows Installer packages indirectly, such as driver files, client components, etc. In addition to being able to convert a single Windows Installer package to a virtual package, you can also use the ThinApp Assistant to convert an application suite of multiple Windows Installer packages into one virtual package.

To include additional Windows Installer packages in a ThinApp application, set the Would you like to include additional MSI files in the virtual package? option on the Build Options page to Yes , and then select the packages that you want to add.

To include additional Windows installer packages in a ThinApp application:

  1. Open the Build Options page.

  2. Set the Would you like to include additional MSI files in the virtual package? option to Yes .

  3. Click the New button () and select the Windows Installer packages that you want to add. After each file is selected, it will be listed in the Windows Installer Files (.msi) list.

  • The order of the packages can be changed by selecting a package in the list and clicking the Move Up () and Move Down () buttons.

  • Use the Delete button () to delete a package from the list.