It’s summer. My new book is almost published, and I’m cutting back on my golf (well, a little) due to a bad ankle. So what do I do? Dig into the App-V 5.0 Beta, of course! With lots of shiney new thigs to look at, plus a few dark corners with cobwebs to poke into, it is almost as good …
Category: AppV5
Key to Migrating to Windows 7 and Beyond: Virtualize the Apps
I have been doing Application Virtualization for a long time – a dozen years now. For a long time AppVirt was more of a niche than it is today. Originally it was used with Citrix and Terminal Servers, but even when desktop and laptop support was added it was used by a relatively small number of leading edge companies. That …
New and Updated (Free) Tools
In conjunction with my upcoming book and sessions at Briforum, I am releasing a number of new and updated tools involving Windows Performance analysis. These tools may be found in the Performance Tools section of the TMurgent website. These tools are generally free to download and use (the only restrictions are for ISVs that want to use them to …
App-V 5.0 (Beta1) Shortcut Editing Tricks
I have been having a problem with some of my sequences with the new App-V 5.0 Beta1 release; sometimes the client doesn’t get changes I make to the shortcut/FTA settings in the sequence editor.
I mentioned this to Patrick before I headed off to speak at the Citrix Synergy “Geek Speak Live” in San Francisco last week. He was supposed …
AppV 5.0: The 10GB Package
…App-V 5.0 Beta: What happened to the OSDs?
Note:This is part of a series on App-V 5.0: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
A long staple of App-V has been the OSD file. This XML based file, along with the sfttray.exe command that runs it, has been the behind-the-scenes mechanism for how users start virtual applications. but you won’t find them in App-V …
Breaking into the new APP-V 5.0 APPV format
App-V 5.0 Beta: The End of CSIDLs
Note:This is part of a series on App-V 5.0: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
Plowing my way through the new Sequencer. Looking at the options page of the sequencer, the ParseItems look a little different.
One of the most important jobs of the sequencer is to make the package Machine, OS, and User neutral. …