APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION

An application packaged for a specific executing environment may be executed on a processing device having an executing environment different from the specific executing environment. A first path of a first executing environment is modified to be a second path of a second executing environment, where the first path is contained in installer metadata associated with an application packaged for operating in the first executing environment. The modified installer metadata is provided to an installer, the application is installed according to the modified installer metadata to create the second path in the second executing environment of a processing device, a request to access the first path in the first executing environment is modified to a modified request to access the created second path in the second executing environment, and the modified request is processed by the processing device.