Sometimes when we run an application on Windows 10 we are presented with a prompt saying “Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to your computer?”. This is a User Account Control (UAC) message telling the … Continue reading
We’ve already discussed how we can use App-V 5 to package Excel automation addins with RunVirtual – it’s fairly complex since during registration (and unregistration) of the add-in it dynamically enumerates OPENx registry values. However using App-V 5 and Excel … Continue reading
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