How It Works
Using the vWorkspace
Management Console, the
administrator creates one or
more redirection rules
specifying:
- The problematic
application.
- The associated HKLM
sub-keys, common files, and
common folders that should be
redirected.
- The alternate locations to
which the specified HKLM
sub-keys, common files, and
common folders should be
redirected.
Redirect-IT® operates
completely in the background and
unbeknownst to the running
application. Using its powerful
Application Compatibility
Enhancements (ACE) engine,
Redirect-IT® performs the
following corrective steps:
- Intercepts registry and
file operations targeting the
common data (i.e., HKLM
sub-keys, common files, and
common folders) specified in
the redirection rules.
- The common data are copied
from their original locations
to the user-private locations
(i.e., HKCU, home folder)
specified in the redirection
rules. This step is optional
and performed only if
user-private instances of the
common data don't already
exist.
- Performs the desired
registry and file operations
(i.e., enumerate, list, read,
write, delete, etc) on the
user-private instances of the
data.
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