A maintenance release to VMware's leading application virtualization solution was released today.  VMware ThinApp 4.6.1  is a maintenance release on the popular ThinApp 4.6 packager released in Q3 of 2010.  With it comes some great improvements that we have already had the priveledge of testing out.

Over 160 bug fixes and known issues were resolved in this update.  Most notably, several important fixes for Office 2010 support.  Depending on licensing the packaging of Office 2010 will be a bit different and VMware will be releasing specific instructions for each license type in the coming days.  This is a much welcome addition to ThinApps packaging abilities and bodes well for future success in packaging MSFT applications with the new licensing/activation code.

ThinApp 4.6.1 also supports several other key features:
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	<li>The option to control Child Process names from the package.ini.  This make dependency checking and process monitoring during package debugging/deployment much easier.</li>
	<li>Support for Side By Side COM:  A much welcomed addition to ThinApp's application support and increases the package success rate with custom applications and COM dependant applications higher.</li>
</ul>
For full details on the features in ThinApp 4.6.1 please consult the VMware ThinApp Blog at... <a href="http://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/2011/02/vmware-thinapp-461-whats-new.html">http://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/2011/02/vmware-thinapp-461-whats-new.html</a>

Stay tuned for more ThinApp details as we start a new initiative to outline eGroup's ThinApp successes and stories from the road here on the eGroup Blog and at <a href="http://development.egroup-us.com">http://development.egroup-us.com</a>.