I've been building Office 2010 as a ThinApp for some time now, recently it has got a lot more simpler to achieve. Better still VMware official support it with KMS and MAK licensing now, if using the latest version of ThinApp.

Sometimes I dont always take my notes around with me so I'm posting this up on my site so others can use it. Enjoy! Its worked for me over and over but if you find anything I could change/improve let me know. 

1. Pre-Requistites:

• ThinApp package VM must be Windows 7 SP1 plus updates
• ThinApp software must be 4.7.1 or higher
• Check the .net feature is installed in Windows 7 (should be by default)
• Copy contents of Office 2010 ISO (Folders/files) to capture machine
• Extract Office 2010 SP1 to "Updates" folder within above Office 2010 installation folder on capture machine
• Read the notes in the additional KMS/MAK licensing section at the bottom of this article
• Copy any Office add-ins, PRF files, etc to the capture machine
• Disconnect ThinApp packager VM from the network

2. ThinApp pre-scan

3. Install Office 2010 (all componnents and run all from computer)

Enter license key at the start if the installed and tick activate automatically (it won't activate as the network is disconnected - leave it that way)

4. Install any additional office plugins, integrations etc.

5. Start all the applications (Word, Excel etc 2-3 times)

6. ThinApp post-scan

7. Edit package.ini

a) Change the following

MSIStreaming=1

LoadDotNetFromSystem=Win7

b) Add the following after the

[FileList]

ExcludePattern=*.bak,*.msi,*.mst,*.cab,*.msp

Tip: This exclude pattern will reduce the ThinApp overall size by not including temp and installer files. These are still however in the project folder so you can use them later if you need!

8. Move the folder "OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" from %Drive_C%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Microsoft to %Common AppData%\Microsoft.

May no longer be required in newer versions of ThinApp as it appears to already be done.

9. Put the following in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.txt:

isolation_writecopy HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment

Value=ALLUSERSPROFILE

REG_SZ~%Common AppData%

10 .Put the following in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.txt:

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{32820823-eb9f-42bf-badb-4482911536bb}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{32f506a9-36f4-45ca-a3b7-e220e2fadcfc}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{0b6faa6c-afa9-4c9f-92a9-d1b9e13e49e7}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{b3fd0790-e46d-44d8-a88c-fcd99771da5e}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{4918cead-10bb-4345-b406-c0096b646c24}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{80f8087e-f900-4c25-b7fb-66ddf3ad2685}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{2fe7e56b-8195-4c8f-a199-fde2e4e09456}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{f1f1e3ad-0dff-41f3-96d0-11b3aa4f0c96}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{c722abe9-52ee-45de-b7aa-1cb7f27dac05}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{458b6290-216a-410c-bdc8-24008876301b}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{491ccf72-9e19-45bc-8a78-5e8c8be7f464}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{529c81ad-3788-4f3d-8c1c-71ccf202de21}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{2b402eec-0c7f-447c-8d44-e816888b1115}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{ce175ea0-8692-4968-b769-1b0029498a41}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{b69b7cc0-0e89-46d0-a99e-abddd4b61743}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{de5206e8-c4ad-42cc-bd53-8cbb3558e80c}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{f9285c37-8314-4516-89d5-e4932dc92de6}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{dce06134-5696-4fa8-b13e-51aad6def5d9}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{fc4fc45c-be7e-4704-99ac-951db77b91dc}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{947a7174-52b0-44f2-bfb6-7f3e07843277}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{69c6e0d2-c565-4d52-9930-d46c4116f708}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{aedd0615-3da5-4d6a-abde-63cedf4e80a4}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{23a22094-b01e-43cf-a372-6d4ee6d9eabf}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{22c493c3-99e2-45e9-a739-ee497e141be3}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{d049f335-4ac7-4400-b449-c532f4876693}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{8d2d2f50-cdf0-45cb-8949-9a39ade5cb7a}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{3ff290b5-342b-40dd-a66b-00e76c0e5b80}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{3086391e-945a-44f8-880a-24d7eee14dae}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{2f9a3248-de98-4b16-b56c-0cdc2d4d3d42}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{23b98090-64e4-400f-9107-921a78bc2cdd}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{8d95965c-956f-4eed-a18f-cf18e6d31e88}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{4530f183-15be-4eba-8bef-e68b6686b921}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{7f76b468-81a6-49ec-9c38-069143206618}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{37d23cc0-470c-4312-a01c-77e1c6e0ad61}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{b17b4b81-bb80-4c17-871c-57d5ab14991d}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{b2e79a4f-f632-43af-86dc-191cd03082ae}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{ea2c0345-2c36-45d4-9692-6972ce4e96c6}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{35dee61f-342b-41a2-acdb-2e207760af1b}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{8c74e7e1-d44a-4cce-9ec0-144a0e037d43}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{816b6d90-87e6-430f-a5fd-734be662bb55}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{a5fb8c3a-6da1-4438-a6cf-44c589aa2665}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{6a4a43f1-4846-4c4b-9a70-c4eac0184d97}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{c3fe9663-9bde-40dd-ae25-f2f8aa2d6b1a}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{26cd69c4-d593-4936-a8bb-e592816a0fad}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{ad89527a-aed4-4382-be23-19be89f9d01e}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{c00469cb-209b-4823-94bb-4139e48f5923}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{a5ce878d-59a9-48ae-8e0a-ed717267302d}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{1a821936-fee1-43a8-8222-87f4e049afb9}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{a5e4db17-4067-4d19-9812-2e3b879b8a35}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{712cbb5d-58be-48dc-b930-c8362f63fdee}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{f986cdbd-8807-418a-adbd-b8ddbf92c590}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{8abec68c-a5d1-40f5-966c-501dddf5c3fe}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{cc0569bb-bde5-4d6b-ac65-b1fa7a227258}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{fbdc5f1a-0b96-4b9e-8f17-df17a3dc59ef}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{17e35d4e-df3a-4a2b-83be-a1b17e710e8a}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{a1971a89-4e84-41d9-b3e0-18a109146bff}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{f4bc39d7-c2c0-40f1-8e59-fe9bd797d755}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{0b753f3d-cf41-42b6-8289-b7a8d334e8f9}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{9d9abca5-0a0b-485a-a962-d1b983ec8274}

deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AppID\{d19d1258-ada6-40e1-b4d6-5d160e2ebfc9}

isolation_full HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\Preferences

Value=PreventIndexingOutlook

REG_DWORD=#01#00#00#00

isolation_full HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform

Value=UserOperations

REG_DWORD=#01#00#00#00

11. Build ThinApp

12. Test the ThinApp works on the packaging macine

Tip: You might need to add yourself to an Active Directory group if you restricted who can run the ThinApp.

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Additional Info - KMS/MAK Licensing

1. Locate config.xml. This is in a folder called suiteWW, where suite is replaced by the suite of Microsoft Office 2010 you are installing.

2. Add either the KMS or MAK lines below stright after the line "</Configuration>"

For KMS licensing activation:

<Setting Id="KMSSERVICENAME" Value="kmsserver.domain.com" />

<Setting Id="AUTO_ACTIVATE" Value="1" />

<PIDKEY Value="AAAAABBBBBCCCCCDDDDDEEEEE" />

Note: Change kmsserver.domain.com to your KMS server.

Tip: PIDKEY is optional but can be used to force a specific edition for KMS activation, e.g. Visio is Premium by default so enter the Standard key if thats what you want.

For MAK licensing activation:

<PIDKEY Value="AAAAABBBBBCCCCCDDDDDEEEEE" />

<Setting Id="AUTO_ACTIVATE" Value="1" />

<Setting Id="USEROPERATIONS" Value="1" />

Note: Change AAAAABBBBBCCCCCDDDDDEEEEE to your MAK license.

3. Save config.xml.

4. Now perform the ThinApp pre-scan and continue with the packaging

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Microsoft Office 2010 KMS Client Keys