Archive for the ‘Application Virtualization’ Category

Error message when you try to publish a Windows Installer package for a virtual application from a network share to an App-V Client: xxxxxx-xxxxxx0A-000001D1

After you sequence an application that uses the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Sequencer version 4.5 or a later version, you have the option of generating a Windows Installer package to publish the application. If you try to publish a Windows Installer package that is located on a network share, you may receive the following error message: The Application Virtualization Client

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App-V 4.6 and applications sequenced using earlier versions

With the release of Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 looming on the horizon, a question that seems to pop up over and over again is “Can I run all my apps that I sequenced using App-V 4.5 or 4.2 with the new App-V 4.6 client?”  Another one is “Can I run my old 32-bit packages using the new App-V 64-bit client?” 

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You receive an access denied error message when you try to start the APP-V client console

You may receive an access denied error message when you start the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 (APP-V) client console by using the local administrator account.  Additionally, you may receive an error message that resembles the following: Error code: xxxxxx-xxxxxx33-00000005 If you’re running into this issue then we just published a new Knowledge Base article you’ll probably be interested in: KB978554

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How to remove servers from the App-V management console

How to remove management servers from the management console? Although there is no simple way to delete a single server from the management console what you can do as a workaround is essentially delete them all and then re-add the ones you want to keep.  It’s a real easy process and goes like this: 1) Run mmc.exe 2) Open File->Add\Remove Snap-in.

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How to publish an App-V-enabled application in Citrix XenApp

App-V Team published an article about App-V integration in Citrix XenApp.  This one describes how to publish an App-V-enabled application in Citrix XenApp: To publish an App-V-enabled application in Citrix XenApp, follow these steps: Publish Sfttray.exe or publish Sftrun.exe. Publish the .OSD file. Publish the application name followed by a percent sign and then an asterisk (%*) or publish the

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Upgrade to ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 may break App-V File Type Associations

When you upgrade a computer that is running the App-V 4.5 client to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2, it may break all the File Type Associations (FTA’s) for the virtualized applications.  This can occur because the SP2 installer updates the following key in the registry as part of the Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 upgrade: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SCCM.VAppLauncher\shell\Open\command But it

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Error message when you upgrade the SQL Server database role from App-V Management Server 4.1 to App-V Management Server 4.5: “Error 25119″

When you try to upgrade the SQL Server database role from Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Management Server 4.1 to Application Virtualization Management Server 4.5, the upgrade may fail with the following error message: Error 25119. The installation program could not upgrade the configuration data store. Please see the installation log file for more information. The Knowledge Base article below contains

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RemoteApp for Hyper-V

I want to talk about a little known feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 that could be described as RemoteApp for Hyper-V. Like Microsoft RemoteApp, it allows users to access a specific hosted application remotely, as opposed to the entire desktop. With RemoteApp, the application runs in the context of a server session; however, RemoteApp for Hyper-V enables remote access

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Do I need to re-sequence my applications when I move to a new OS?

The following question has come up numerous times when you work with App-V: Do I need to re-sequence my applications when I move to a new OS? There have been multiple statements published and circulated about this topic and the real answer is “it depends!”  What’s really important is that you test your existing virtual applications on the new operating

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App-V and support for applications with custom shell extensions

Microsoft Application Virtualization does not support applications that use shell extension handlers implemented with a custom dynamic-link library (DLL). The reason that APP-V cannot support applications with custom shell extensions is that this would require providing Windows Explorer access to the virtual environment.  Shell extensions are sometimes referred to as Shell integration. Some applications allow disabling of their customer shell

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