The application Start Menu Shortcut represents the most common entry point for end-users to access applications. In this article, I’ll talk about the old shortcuts and the new, and about what happens when we repackage applications containing shortcuts into MSIX and App-V packages. Note that this article is written in September of 2019 and we hope that improvements in support …
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Automating App-V Package Cleanup
If you have been Sequencing for Microsoft App-V on Windows 10, you have probably noticed a lot more garbage in your packages.
While the App-V Sequencer has a really awesome capture algorithm that automatically ignores changes made by pre-existing Windows background processes, under Windows 10 there are many, many, more background events that generate new processes, resulting in more crap …
Let’s be calm again!
Yesterday I wrote a post (https://www.tmurgent.com/TmBlog/?p=2921 ) because of concerns regarding App-V and MSIX over comments made by a Microsoft employee at MMS. At the time I said “don’t panic”, and was working behind the scenes to see if we could get a public clarification over what I knew couldn’t be true.
Last night (for me here in Europe; …
App-V and MSIX today: Don’t Panic!
I’m not at MMS nor build this week. Instead I find myself in Switzerland training enterprises on how to best prepare and deploy applications using a combination of Microsoft App-V and MSIX technologies as they exist today. Yet I find myself inundated with requests for comments by enterprise customers concerned over a series of tweets from attendees at the MMS …
Short-Names and Recapture
When we capture installer activity for the purpose of creating a package to deploy on another device, the possibility of causing new issues exist. We rely on the tools that we use for the capture/packaging, the runtime environments we use on the target, and the “smarts” of the person doing the packaging to avoid these issues.
Two potential issues that …
Long Paths and Recapture
When we capture installer activity for the purpose of creating a package to deploy on another device, the possibility of causing new issues exist. We rely on the tools that we use for the capture/packaging, the runtime environments we use on the target, and the “smarts” of the person doing the packaging to avoid these issues.
Two potential issues that …
Analyzing App -V Packages for MSIX Readiness
Last week I released my Report Card on MSIX, a comprehensive look at how MSIX measures up today. A work in progress, MSIX can handle some of the applications that you are deploying today. And it is sure to get better in the future. But what about your apps specifically?
I’ve taken the lessons that I learned from all …
About the MSIX Report Card for 1809
Today I am releasing the first of what should be an annual series of “Report Cards” on the state of the MSIX space.
You can get and download the report from this link.
This report covers the state of the three basic aspects of MSIX:
- Support from Microsoft Independent Software Vendors to release in MSIX format.
- Support from Tool