This blog entry discusses how we can use App-V 5, Connection Groups and RunVirtual to present Excel automation addins to end users. Microsoft Excel addins come in two forms – either an automation addin or a Component Object Model (COM) … Continue reading
I recently sequenced a terminal emulation application that utilised a specific set of fonts for each terminal session, and discovered that the fonts were not rendering correctly in App-V 5. If your fonts don’t render correctly when run inside an … Continue reading
I carried out an App-V 5 scripting context test recently so that I could prove which context the various App-V 5 scripts run in (user or system) when added or published to a machine or user. App-V 5 Scripting Test … Continue reading
This blog explains the process of using junctions with App-V 5 to resolve application issues caused by hard-coded paths or path length limitations. Using Junctions with App-V 5 I was migrating an old application recently which launched Macromedia Director. It … Continue reading
When restricting operating systems in App-V 5, App-V 5 sees Windows 10 x64 and Windows Server 2016 as the same operating system. Here we present an alternative method that uses App-V 5 scripting to filter your operating system restrictions for … Continue reading
When setting up the App-V 5 client, rather than configure it for local testing I wanted to synchronise it with the App-V 5 publishing service. When we are trying to synchronise the App-V 5 client with the publishing server we … Continue reading
I recently packaged an application that, upon launch, started a process which spawned a child process. The child process remained running after the parent process was closed, and this caused an issue when unpublishing the App-V 5 package. This blog … Continue reading
I’ve been converting a bunch of apps recently from App-V 4.6 format to App-V 5.1 format. I knew this could be done using PowerShell cmdlets, so rather than reinvent the wheel I used a great script written by Tim Mangan … Continue reading
I have a piece of software that acts as an ‘agent’ sitting in the background (in the System Tray) waiting to intercept print requests. It needs to be running all the time since it intercepts print requests from ANY desktop … Continue reading
I’ve had an issue with my current App-V 5 application. When I launch an executable called CentralSurveillance.exe, it spawns another two processes called K2DataLogger.exe and K2MSService.exe. And these remain open even when I close CentralSurveillance.exe. My first thoughts were that … Continue reading