Are there any open source app virtualization solutions for Windows

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I am looking for open source solutions that provide application virtualization for Windows! In other words an open source to ThinApp from VMWare.

I have found several commercial options, but nothing open source:

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/appv/dynamic.mspx

http://www.vmware.com/products/thinapp/overview.html

score 11 · Answer 1 · edited May 13 '11 at 05:17

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Cameyo offers free Application Virtualization and works very well. VirtualBox is typically used for OS virtualization.

edited May 13 '11 at 05:17

Gareth

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answered May 11 '11 at 20:17

Amartel

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score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '11 at 15:39

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After some searching I was able to find one open source project: http://code.google.com/p/appstract/

Haven't tested it, but is open source.

answered May 12 '11 at 15:39

GeorgeU

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 01 '11 at 09:49

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Open source Ulteo's Open Virtual Desktop has both VDI and Application Virtualization. For Windows, you could have only Application Server, available for 2003/2008 x86/x64.

answered Jun 01 '11 at 09:49

khuntan

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score -2 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 18 '21 at 15:26

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sandboxie.com is the best one I have ran across. It let you virtualize an app creating a sandbox around it. After installing it creates an icon for a virtualized version of IE automatically.

edited Jan 18 '21 at 15:26

Nisse Engström

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answered Dec 16 '11 at 20:02

Jaime Botero

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score -3 · Answer 5 · edited May 13 '11 at 05:16

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VirtualBox will do the job very nicely on both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, 2003, and 2008. It is free, and open source, and it works very well to virtualize a wide range of 32-bit and 64-bit Operating Systems.

edited May 13 '11 at 05:16

Gareth

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answered May 11 '11 at 20:18

Randolf Richardson

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Are there any open source app virtualization solutions for Windows

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