Breaking into the virtual environment in App-V 5.0

re: Breaking into the virtual environment in App-V 5.0

Richard — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:46:35 GMT

Thanks for you reply.

What I'm trying to achieve:

I built this "launcher" which is capable of handling several application virtualization types in a uniform way (App-V 4.x, Symantec SWV, VMware ThinApp and now App-V 5). After using a special shortcut or file type association the launcher will import/load/stream the application after which it can be customized/personalized INSIDE the VE.

As App-V 5 seems more similar to Symantec SWV than to App-V 4.6, I wondered if it might have the same functionality (like injecting a process into a VE, for which SWV has an API). In my case it would just improve performance, that's all.

re: Breaking into the virtual environment in App-V 5.0

Thamim Karim — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:34:04 GMT

Hi Richard,

Your right all methods spawn a new process inside the VE. There is no way that I know of that will allow you to inject a process that is already running, there would some challenges around shifting the namespace visibility for a process that has already been launched.

I am interested in what you are trying to achieve and why the ability to insert a running process as you described would be useful?

re: Breaking into the virtual environment in App-V 5.0

Richard — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:20:50 GMT

Hi Thamim,

I'm exploring the possibilities of 'breaking' into the virtual environment in App-V 5.

It seems the one thing I'm looking for does not exist...

I would like to be able to 'insert' a running process into a virtual environment.

Do you know if such a thing is even possible with App-V 5?

Thanks,

Richard

re: Breaking into the virtual environment in App-V 5.0

Thamim Karim — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:13:50 GMT

Not much difference Anil, check out this post for a full explanation: blogs.technet.com/.../app-v-5-0-launching-native-local-processes-within-the-virtual-environment.aspx

re: Breaking into the virtual environment in App-V 5.0

Anil — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:30:12 GMT

What are the pros and cons (if any) of using this method as opposed to using /appvve or /appvpid switches?

re: Breaking into the virtual environment in App-V 5.0

Adam — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:36:32 GMT

Thanks for the information, yay

re: Breaking into the virtual environment in App-V 5.0

Sguilly — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:12:32 GMT

Thanks, very helpful

re: Breaking into the virtual environment in App-V 5.0

Thamim Karim — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:19:07 GMT

Thanks!

re: Breaking into the virtual environment in App-V 5.0

Darshan — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:44:59 GMT

Great Work....!

re: Breaking into the virtual environment in App-V 5.0

Paul — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 06:35:03 GMT

Go on you legend ! :)