
The next version of ThinApp (version number not released) probably being released sometime in Q1 2010 will have official support for Win 7. The current version of ThinApp (version 4.0.4) does not "officially" support Win 7 but don't be surprised if your ThinApp'ed application works on Win 7 as ThinApp 4.0.4 has Win 7 "experimental capabilities" in it. the ThinApp Blogs at - specifically the article "Top 10 Questions on ThinApp" ().

ThinApp converts standard application installers such as. ThinApp does not have any pre-installed components and does not require the installation of device drivers allowing applications to run from USB flash drives or network shares without ever requiring Administrator rights. The virtual environment presented to the client is a merged view of the underlying physical and virtual resources, thereby allowing the virtualization layer to fool the application into thinking that it is running as if it were fully installed. ThinApp is able to execute applications without them being installed in the traditional sense by virtualizing resources such as environment variables, files and Windows Registry keys.

VMware ThinApp provides application virtualization. The trial version of Thinstall was initially available only to corporations, then VMware offered a public trial version. On June 10, 2008, VMware announced that the final name for the product was going to be VMware ThinApp. VMware later used the code name VMware Project North Star while the product was in beta. and was acquired by VMware on January 15, 2008. ThinApp (previously known as Thinstall) was originally developed by Jitit Inc.
