Utilities and Automation tools
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Thinstall utilities are stored in the default install directory (i.e. c:\Program files\Thinstall.VS)

SetupCapture
The primary application for converting traditional installers into Thinstall projects. SetupCapture is a GUI front-end for snapshot.exe.  

The following utilities can be used to troubleshoot issues and help diagnose problems:
 
Log_monitor 
   Generates log files for running Thinstalled apps.  
 
sbmerge 
   Can be used to merge runtime changes stored in the sandbox back into an existing project  
 
dll_dump  
   Lists all running Thinstalled applicatiosn as well as individual DLLs loaded by those applications.  

The following tools are intended to be used by companies integrating Thinstall into their products; these tools are automatically invoked during the build process, so you typically do not need to use them.
VFTool  
   Virtual Filesystem Compiler  
 
VRegTool 
   Virtual Registry Compiler,  
 
TLink  
   Thinstall Linker