Hello, my name is Patrick Mangan, and I have been sequencing with App-V. This year TMurgent added a sequencing service where we take on applications that customers are having a really hard time sequencing. Recently while working on one application that had a proprietary licensing scheme to work around I ran into another, unexpected error that I needed to troubleshoot.…
Tag: Sequencing
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. …
Sequencing with Tim Mangan: Episode 13 Posted
I haven’t posted a sequencing video in a while, so I was due. Then a customer queried me about dealing with a large package. When I looked into the question, I found that the way I used to deal with large packages isn’t supported by the sequencer any more (when did that change?).
So I worked out a …
App-V Package Branching and Issues
I was working with an Application Service Provider client this week that was having issues with deploying QuickBooks Professional to their Citrix XenApp Servers using App-V. Quick Books is a bit of a pain to sequence, as you need to work around their licensing strategy which is tied to the CPU. We have had a recipe for years that works …
Episode 11: Sequencing W/Tim Mangan
The latest installment in this video series is now out. A look at App-V 4.6 SP1 and solving a Windows 7 Jumplist issue with App-V and the application Skype.
Runs 32 minutes.…
App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer and Driver Detection
App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencer added a lot of detection logic to help identify issues with attempted sequencings. One of those features was the detection of device drivers, as virtualizing device drivers is not supported. I have seen this feature working in the past, and assumed that I could count on it. Maybe not…
In a comment here on the blog…
App-V 4.6 SP1: Saga of the duplicate GUID (continued)
We held our first training class on Microsoft App-V 4.6 SP1 last week in Malmo, Sweden. During the class, we ran into an “old friend” that entered the room using a new disguise. Although we thought he died, our friend the duplicate GUID still lives on. To explain…
When application packages are sequenced with App-V, a package GUID (Globally Unique …