Registry

This property page determines the registry settings that Novell® Application LauncherTM/Explorer will create or delete when distributing the application to a workstation.

Registry Settings
The Registry Settings tree displays all settings that will be modified when the application is distributed to a workstation. If you used a .AOT, .AXT, or .MSI file when creating the Application object, the tree automatically includes all registry settings that are defined in those templates.

If there are additional registry settings you want created or deleted during distribution, you need to add the settings to the Registry Settings tree and then specify the appropriate action (create or delete) in the Item Will field.

File
This option lets you search for keys or values in the Registry Settings tree, import settings into the tree, and export settings from the tree.

Add
This option lets you add registry settings to the Registry Settings tree. Only settings displayed in the Registry Settings tree will be created or deleted when the application is distributed.

Once the key or value is added to the Registry Settings tree, you can use the Distribution Options list to determine whether or not the key or value is created in the workstation's registry or deleted from the registry.

You can use a macro for a key name, value name, or value data.

Modify
You can a key's name and a value's name or data. Select the key or value > click Modify.

Delete
Select the key or value you want to delete > click Delete. When you delete a key, everything subordinate to the key will also be deleted.

Distribution Options
The distribution options let you determine how individual registry settings (included in the Registry Settings tree) are handled during distribution of the application.

Item Will
Use this option to specify whether a registry setting will be created or deleted during distribution.

In the Registry Settings tree, select the setting > select either Create or Delete from the Item Will list. If you select Delete and the registry setting has subordinate settings, Application Launcher/Explorer will delete the subordinate settings also.

Track Distribution Per User
If you have implemented roaming user profiles, use this option to ensure that particular registry settings are distributed to each workstation a user logs in to. You should enable this option for all registry settings that are not saved as part of roaming user profiles.

In the Registry Settings list, select the desired registry modification > check Track Distribution Per User.

Distribute Always
By default, Application Launcher/Explorer will only distribute the registry modifications defined in the Registry Settings list at the following times:

To force Application Launcher/Explorer to distribute a registry modification each time the application is launched, select the registry setting in the Registry Settings list > check Distribute Always.

If the user has a NALCACHE directory on his or her local machine, Application Launcher/Explorer uses the setting information stored in the NALCACHE directory to modify the registry. If the user does not have a NALCACHE directory (for example, the user is running Application Launcher/Explorer through a terminal server client session) or if writing to the cache has been disabled for the user (User object > Application Launcher tab > Launcher Config tab > Enable Writing to Cache option), Application Launcher/Explorer uses the setting information stored in Novell eDirectory.


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