Release Notes for Thin Desktop® 2.3.2
Current Version: 2.3.2, Released une 1, 2009
- Enhance process monitor to understand applications involving multiple processes and relaunch original command only if all child processes have terminated. Fixes Citrix XenApp infinite relaunch issue.
- Allow userinit.exe to execute before shell is started as ThinDesktopUser
- New switch to allow Thin Desktop to function as shell only
- Updated documentation with a new User Guide
New from Version 2.3.1 (December 15, 2008)
- Improved installer logic to handle reinstallation without uninstall
- Support for installation on non-English localized editions of Windows
- Improved strong password generator to guarantee higher complexity requirements
- Improved command line parsing to understand quoted long filename paths correctly
- Changed working directory of monitored application to be its own folder
- Fix licensing message after activation dialog if no license key is entered
- Allow providing a license key during silent install
- Automatic activation of provided license key during silent install
- If automatic activation fails, the user will be prompted to enter a license key and activate it
- Use proxy configured in Internet Explorer during unattended license activation
- Allow browse dialog to select additional common executable file patterns instead of just *.exe
- Fixed bug if username creation fails where user cannot log in after uninstall
- Fix problem on installing to computers where auto-logon is already enabled
- Restore all previous winlogon key registry values on uninstall
- Improve reliability of finding userinit.exe if renamed or in non-standard location before installing Thin Desktop
- Enable shutdown button by default for ThinDesktopUser
- Fix corrupt ICA file issue with Citrix Xen App when specifying a preconfigured ICA connection stored in appsrv.ini
New from Version 2.3 (October 6, 2008)
- ThinDesktopUser no longer in Administrators group after first run
- Randomized password for each unique computer on which ThinDesktop is installed
- Auto logon password moved to Local Security Authority and no longer stored as clear text
- .NET 2.0 Runtime no longer required to install or run Thin Desktop
- Improved Internet-based Licensing Activation Process
New from Version 2.2
- Unattended Silent Install from Command Line
- New Thin Desktop Program Icon
- CTRL-ALT-DEL may not present the Windows Security Dialog in certain configurations of Windows XP