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Blog Post:
App-V 5: MSI Wrapper Caveats (Oh, and App-V WMI classes are different in 5.0)
Steve TH - MSFT
For those enterprises using 3 rd -party ESD (Electronic Software Distribution) products to deploy and manage software, use of the MSI-wrapper makes it easy to incorporate these types of applications into their environments. In App-V, when you “install” a virtual application using the MSI...
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11 May 2013
Blog Post:
App-V 5 Scripting: Change
Steve TH - MSFT
It is almost easier to pretend you know nothing about App-V 4.x scripting when looking at scripting in 5.0. That is often my first response to many rumblings about difficulty getting scripting set up in 5.0. These rumblings come mostly from users of App-V 4.x. Change is hard, I know, but we have a better...
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2 May 2013
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App-V 5.0: Launching Native/Local Processes Within the Virtual Environment
Steve TH - MSFT
Back in 4.x, we pretty much had one of two ways to launch an application inside the virtual environment or “bubble” as it is often called. One way was through the use of a pre-launch script. This was cumbersome in that you had to either modify the cached OSD or even worse, modify the original...
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23 Apr 2013
Blog Post:
App-V 4.6 Service Pack 2 is available on Microsoft Update
Steve TH - MSFT
Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 2 is now available via Microsoft Update. This also means that you can leverage WSUS as well as the software updates feature of Configuration Manager to deliver this update to your RDS and desktop clients. This is the third service pack that App-V...
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11 Dec 2012
Blog Post:
The Case of the Mysterious Open SFT Handle
Steve TH - MSFT
Here is another interesting one-off issue that was happening on a few machines in one of my customer’s environments. They were using App-V 4.6 with Configuration Manager 2012 managing the packages. The virtual applications were distributed fully cached to the clients (download and execute.) The...
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6 Dec 2012
Blog Post:
App-V 4.5: Difference between what happens when you change the LogLevel on the Streaming Server vs. the Management Server
Steve TH - MSFT
Here’s an interesting item I stumbled upon recently. While I was editing this document (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/5889.aspx) to include the very import *location* of these values, I was reminded of an interesting item that you will probably only notice if you are troubleshooting...
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4 Sep 2012
Blog Post:
App-V 4.6: Oldie but Goodie! Using URL Shortcuts to Simply User Experience when Running Virtualized IE Plug-ins (Plus a Bonus Tip!!)
Steve TH - MSFT
We know how to bring Internet Explorer into the App-V bubble. It’s as simple as creating a special shortcut that points to an OSD file that allows the local instance of Internet Explorer to interact inside the virtual bubble of an App-V package ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931986 ) - But there...
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1 Sep 2012
Blog Post:
App-V 4.6: Important Consideration for Streaming from DP when Migrating from Configuration Manager 2007 to 2012
Steve TH - MSFT
If you are currently using Configuration Manager 2007 to distribute your App-V applications through virtual application advertisements *and* you stream from the distribution points *and* you are about to migrate from Configuration Manager 2007 to Configuration Manager 2012 – you will need to be...
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22 Aug 2012
Blog Post:
Software Update to block RSA keylengths <1024 has been Released to the Download Center
Steve TH - MSFT
Today (August 14th) an update was released that, once applied, will block RSA certificates with keys less than 1024 bits. The software update was released to the Download Center. The security advisory is located at http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2661254 . The KB article is available...
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14 Aug 2012
Blog Post:
App-V 4.6: Using Service and Process Inclusions
Steve TH - MSFT
App-V has a feature that can often answer many questions. Is there a way to allow anti-virus applications access to scan files in the virtual drive? How does AppLocker work with the virtual drive? Is there a way in general to allow certain processes and services to interact with the virtual drive? ...
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1 Aug 2012
Blog Post:
App-V 4.6: Are you using the Latest Version of the Client and Sequencer? You should be.
Steve TH - MSFT
When many organizations move to Windows 7, they also take on the task of discovering, inventorying, testing, and remediating all of their current applications currently used in production. Often part of that process includes a decision to deliver those applications with App-V. The App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer...
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30 Jul 2012
Blog Post:
Bringing Legacy Blog Back to Cover Legacy Products
Steve TH - MSFT
Just about a year ago, I moved all new posts over to Technet.com. In spite of that, this blog still continues to get much attention due to a lot of the existing content proving to be very useful for users. For that I am extremely happy to help and it recently gave me an idea. [...]
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28 Jul 2012
Blog Post:
App-V: Refresh “On-login” and Slow Startups in Windows 7
Steve TH - MSFT
When you configure App-V’s desktop configuration refresh feature (i.e. DC Refresh, Publishing/Refresh) you have the option of setting this to occur “on login” and/or using a periodic interval. This configuration can be controlled at the client end or, in the case of an environment using...
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6 Jun 2012
Blog Post:
App-V: Why would new users on RDS/Terminal Servers not get any App-V Applications?
Steve TH - MSFT
App-V: Why would new users on RDS/Terminal Servers not get any App-V Applications? I recently came across a situation where a customer was in a panic because newly provisioned users were unable to receive any applications on their RDS Servers. Existing users were actually able to launch applications...
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16 Jan 2012
Blog Post:
App-V: Error Message when trying to launch a Virtualized Instance of Visual Studio 2010
Steve TH - MSFT
Microsoft App-V is the only application virtualization product capable of virtualizing Visual Studio 2010. However, you may receive the following error message when attempting to launch the primary development environment (DEVENV.EXE) within a Visual Studio 2010 package virtualized with Microsoft App...
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16 Jan 2012
Blog Post:
Decommissioned or Unreachable Domains: How the App-V 4.5 Management Server handles them differently from Softgrid 4.1 Virtual Application Servers
Steve TH - MSFT
Here is the scenario: You are leveraging an App-V Management Server that will be assigning groups from trusted domains to applications and/or provider policies. Often there are organizational changes (mergers, spin-offs, domain flattening, etc.) that will warrant domains going offline or trust removals...
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29 Nov 2011
Blog Post:
The Default Block Size of 64KB in App-V 4.6 and Later may Cause Slow Streaming with Certain Network Configurations
Steve TH - MSFT
Starting with the 4.6 sequencer, the default block size for sequenced packages was changed to 64K. In addition, the option to adjust this was removed from the sequencer. The block size used to be an issue when the network bandwidth was limited and large blocks could not be transferred. Now with more...
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28 Nov 2011
Blog Post:
App-V: Intermittent DC Refresh and/or Launch Failures may be tied to Intermittent SQL Connectivity
Steve TH - MSFT
DC Refreshes and Application Launches may fail intermittently in the case of an unstable SQL Server connection. This can happen when the threshold for connectivity to overall service connectivity to SQL has not been reached but the authentication and/or authorization of a user actually timed out on the...
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29 Oct 2011
Blog Post:
App-V: Arithmetic Overflow Error (0000B065) when Running System Utilization Report
Steve TH - MSFT
Administrators can use the System Utilization Report to graph the total daily system usage. You can use this report to determine the load on your App-V Server. This report tracks the usage over time during the reporting period for the specified server or for the server group. The System Utilization...
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20 Oct 2011
Blog Post:
A Visual Studio 2008 Package Sequenced with Microsoft Application Virtualization may not Function Properly after Upgrading to Visual Studio Service Pack 1
Steve TH - MSFT
Symptoms: If you open a Visual Studio 2008 package for upgrade (or simply upgrade in the 4.6 SP1 sequencer) and upgrade the package to Visual Studio Service pack 1, it may fail to function properly on the App-V Client. Cause: This is caused by the Visual Studio SP1 installer setting a reparse...
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18 Oct 2011
Blog Post:
App-V 4.6SP1: Issue with Sequencing the Dynamics NAV 2009 R2 Client
Steve TH - MSFT
There is an issue that currently being investigated by the App-V support team regarding virtualization of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 R2 client with the new App-V 4.6 SP1 sequencer. It appears the issue is tied to the Classic Client more and not the Role-Tailored client. In addition to the workflow...
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9 Sep 2011
Blog Post:
App-V: Recommended Upgrade Preparations and Rollback procedures when upgrading from App-V Management Server 4.5 RTM or SP1 to SP2.
Steve TH - MSFT
Before Upgrading to App-V 4.5 SP2 on the management server, it is recommended to first review the release notes for added features such as SQL mirroring support. App-V 4.5 SP2 Release Notes http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff699130.aspx Also, you can download the installation for SP2...
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23 Aug 2011
Blog Post:
Yes, Trusteer Rapport does break App-V
Steve TH - MSFT
You may have encountered problem with slow logons, slow startups, and slow access to applications when using App-V in conjunction with security software known as Trusteer Rapport. The Trusteer Rapport issue is timing related. It also appears to have a signficant effect on Windows XP machines (since the...
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18 Aug 2011
Blog Post:
App-V: Don’t use WMI for querying virtual registries.
Steve TH - MSFT
It is important to understand that the virtual registry is designed for virtualization of an application’s registry and it facilitates it through the interception of standard Win32 registry APIs. These APIs (i.e. RegOpenKeyEx, RegEnumKeyEx, RegEnumValue, RegCreateKeyEx, etc.) I have, from time to time...
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10 Aug 2011
Blog Post:
App-V: The Case of the Lingering File Type Association
Steve TH - MSFT
I recently encountered an issue where a customer deployed a virtualized instance of Adobe Reader and then later moved to a locally installed version. The customer was wondering why clicking on the PDF documents resulted in the virtualized instance of Adobe Reader trying to open the document (which was...
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9 Aug 2011
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