If you've been using SoftGrid or App-V for a while then you probably already know all the cool things you can do using the SFTMIME utility .  You can load apps, delete apps, configure certain settings, and so on, but if you run SFTMIME on Windows Vista then it's possible you may run into the following...

If you sequence enough applications in either SoftGrid or MS App-V you'll eventually run into the issue where your sequenced package is too large to be saved.  We're limited to a 4GB file size so if you have an application that is large enough, or if you package many applications together, chances...

With Microsoft App-V 4.5, and with SoftGrid 4.2 along with the MSI utility , we now have the ability to create and distribute standalone virtual apps that require no server or streaming infrastructure whatsoever.  While this gives tremendous flexibility in how we deploy apps, when using it you'll...

One of the great things about SoftGrid/App-V is that it's so easy to shoot out apps to client machines and automatically populate the user's desktop or Start menu with the appropriate icons, but if you're using mandatory profiles this may not work as expected.  Steve Thomas wrote up a quick blurb...

Here's another issue we saw during the App-V 4.5 beta that you might run across when installing the client.  The resolution may seem obvious but the error can be confusing because it won't come right out and tell you that you don't have enough drive space: ======== Issue: When installing the Microsoft...

Here's another issue we saw a couple times during the App-V 4.5 beta. It's probably something that would be fairly uncommon but in case you're having trouble restarting a Microsoft Application Virtualization Streaming Server after it's been stopped then this would be something to look at: ======== Issue...

Here's another great tip from Steve Thomas, this time concerning the search function in Outlook 2007 when streamed to Windows Vista clients: ======== Issue: When Microsoft Outlook 2007 is sequenced and streamed with Windows Vista, the search function in Outlook may not function as designed. Note: Outlook...

Here's another tip from Steve Thomas, esteemed 4.5 beta engineer.  This one involves a specific error you may receive when sequencing Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition based applications: ======== Issue: When a virtualized Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition based application is launched...

Here are some tips on sequencing various Windows Live components that was originally written up by our very own Terry McKinney. If you have plans for sequencing any of the Windows Live apps you'll want to read through this first: ======== This article describes the level of functionality that can be...

Here's another one we ran across during the Microsoft App-V 4.5 beta.  If you're having trouble sequencing the Safari browser then this one's for you: ======== Issue: When attempting to sequence Apple Safari 3.1, the package hangs after the shortcut is launched during phase 6 (Launch Applications...

Here's another tip from Steve Thomas that he found during the 4.5 beta.  This is probably not something you'd run into on a regular basis but I wanted to mention it just in case: ======== Issue: You may receive the following error message (0e-00002015) when attempting to launch a App-V virtual application...

Here's another App-V 4.5 issue we saw during the beta.  This one was written up by Steve Thomas and concerns how to properly specify the SQL instance you want to use for the App-V 4.5 Management Server during installation.  If you're not using the default instance then you'll want to make a...

I was browsing through the dark corners of some internal Microsoft App-V doc repositories the other day and came across a cool recipe for sequencing Microsoft Money 2007 that I thought you might be interested in seeing.  This was originally submitted by Madelinde Walraven, one of our top App-V Support...

Here's another odd App-V error you could possibly run into.  The first time I read this I wondered how this could ever possibly happen but I guess it happened to someone otherwise it wouldn't have been reported to us: ======== Issue: If an App-V application package OSD file’s CODEBASE GUID...

Here's another one turned up by our hard working beta team. If you're installing the server on Win2K8 be sure you have the IIS6 compatibility bits and the scripts and tools installed: ======== Issue: When attempting to do an installation of the Microsoft Application Virtualization Management Server...

Here's an issue our own Michelle Dixon ran into while working on the 4.5 beta.  Note that her issue specifically mentions Microsoft Office but this can occur with any exceptionally large virtualized app: ======== Issue: After performing a Desktop Refresh on an Application Virtualization 4.5 Client...

Here's an issue the the App-V beta team ran into and since I didn't see it documented anywhere else I thought I'd give everyone a heads up here: ======== Issue: When sequencing an application with the App-V Command Line Interface (CLI) Sequencer (SFTSequencer.com) you may receive an “Invalid mount...

Here's a great tip from Sebastian Gernert on sequencing on Windows Vista. If you're getting a "Can't find services.exe" error when you begin monitoring then you better take a look at those policies: ======== Issue: When sequencing an application on Windows Vista, after clicking Start Monitoring...