Once you are done adding, editing and/or deleting paths, save this configuration by selecting 'File' - 'Save' in the main menu of the Filesystem Virtualization Editor.
This configuration will be stored in a vdir file. The Filesystem Virtualization Editor allows you to create different vdir files to be used in your application.
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· Creating File System Redirections
In order to add a path in the Virtualization Editor, right click on the main area of the screen and choose 'New Path...'.
This will bring up the 'Edit Directory' dialog.
Field
Description
Mode
Choose 'Shared' if you want this mapping to apply to all users.
Choose 'Private' if you only want this mapping to apply to a single user.
Read Only
Only available for Shared Mode. Check this option to make the mapped directory read only for the user.
Directory
Choose the directory you want to show.
Redirect to
Choose the physical path where the directory contents will be stored during the user session.
Paths can also be expressed using the environment variables defined in Windows:
%public%, %home%, %documents%, etc
For example, you can redirect %userprofile% to %userprofile%\users as a private redirection; "user1"’s files will therefore be stored in c:\users\username\users*user1*
Or you can map c:\temp to %userprofiles%\temp as a shared redirection.
Editing Paths
In order to edit a path, right click on it and choose 'Edit Path'.
You will then be able to edit the path in the 'Edit Directory' dialog.
Deleting Paths
In order to delete a path, right click on it and choose 'Delete Path'.
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File System Virtualization helps developers publish only relevant shared folders and provide authentication-based private folders. Additionally, shared folders can be redirected to safer places in the disk and/or be write protected.
Virtualization involves two steps. The first one is the File System mapping design, when the developer creates the relationship between real paths and the redirected path tree that the end-user will see and access. The second one, the inclusion of the created mapping definition into the application program.
The file system mapping definition is a set of one to one redirection rules that link a real folder to the redirected folder path.
There are two types of redirection:
· Shared: for all connected users. It can be defined as readonly.
· Private: for a single identified user.
The configuration is done through the The File System Virtualization Editor, which will be installed with the Standard or server component installation.
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· Creating File System Redirections
You can test the Filesystem virtualization outside VirtualUI (the virtualization service must be running, though). In order to test the Filesystem virtualization, choose the 'File' - 'Test' option from the main menu. This will bring up the 'Launch Application' dialog:
Field
Description
User
Type in a testing user name. Later on, you can test using another user and verify that the files stored for each user are isolated.
Program
Choose a program with which to test the Filesystem virtualization. It has to be a program capable of opening files.
After selecting a user and a program to test, press the 'Launch' button. When you access the Windows file system through this application, you should only be seeing the mapped directories, by their original names.
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