VMware ThinApp Blog

Here's an example/template of a script which can be used within a ThinApp project to start and stop a service (and any dependent services) which doesn't have to be running unless the application is running.

One might ask, "I thought ThinApp automatically started and stopped captured services?"

It's true that ThinApp will automatically start services and stop them. But what about those applications that need a number of services started and in a specific order? Or maybe you only need those services running when a specific "thing" happens (i.e. a specific process/application starts). That's where a scripted solution comes into play very nicely with ThinApp.