App-V is an application virtualization and streaming solution from Microsoft.
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What's so great about App-V?
App-V is one of those technologies that has a small but extremely enthusiastic fan base. And thinking it might be useful at my company, I decided to give it a try. After doing a 2-week deep dive into it and sequencing/publishing a few apps (Java,…
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Saving the State of an Application using App-V or some other type of Virtualization Technology
I have an application that I would like to be able to create "snapshots" of (sort of like you might do with a virtual machine). Basically I would like to be able to allow the user to do a bunch of processing on the application and be able to take…
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can symbolic links be used within App-V packages
We use the stats package SPSS through App-V however although it allows use of custom dialogs and macros, these must be placed in a sub folder within the app installation and so this means that users cannot add new macros.
Is it possible to have an…
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App-V vs VDI vs Med-V
What is the difference between App-V, VDI, and MED-V? They're all virtualization technologies of one kind or another, but how are they different?
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In what conditions are local files seen or written by an App-V application?
For some applications I have sequenced, App-V seems to do just what is needed to make the application work correctly. In other cases, however, I have found that a few files that ought to reside on the local filesystem are virtualized. This is a…
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Can App-V be used to prevent software piracy?
I would like to deploy an expensive proprietary software to users in a Remote Desktop environment (users are only using RDP to connect to our servers). I would like to allow them to run and use the full potential on the software, but only on our…
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Does Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2010 require an AD schema change
Does App-V 4.6 from MDOP 2010 require any AD schema changes?
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App-V processes in the server task manager
I work for a vendor company that provides services for metering application usage in datacenter environments. We were recently asked whether we support App-V metering.
I have a question about App-V applications and their representation in the client…
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App-V 5; change file after package install
I work as a student for a company that sells a proprietary software solution.
My task is testing their appliation in APP-V.
The client should have the availability to modify a parameter, and this should be changed in the VFS after the package is…
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Installing 32-bit Access 2007 on a Terminal Server that already has 64-bit Office 2010 installed on it?
The users at my organization connect to a Terminal Server running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard.
They use Outlook 2010 on their profiles when they log in, and for this reason 64-bit Office 2010 has been installed, probably using that Control…
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Blocking/Disabling App-V Package on Certain Workstations
I have an App-V package that I want to disable on a small number of computers. The reason is we are doing a comparison test between App-V and traditional installs. So the package still needs to be available on all other workstations, to all users,…
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App-V Problems After SCCM 2007 SP2 Upgrade
We're running an SCCM (MS System Centre Config Manager, successor to SMS) 2007 environment and delivering a number of applications to clients virtualized using App-V 4.5.1. The App-V apps are delivered by SCCM in Download-and-Execute, not streaming…
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How to clear the settings and configurations for all Application Virtualization (App-V) applications
How can I clear the cache of all settings and configurations for all of my Application Virtualization (App-V) applications?
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How to show all published Application Virtualization (App-V) packages
How can I get a list of all the published Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) packages? I would like to see both the applications I have access to and also ones that are published but which I do not have access to.
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Sequencing Java 6 update 24/25 in appv
Has anyone attempted to sequence any java runtime with success?
I want to run it virtualy and I thought that maybe i could use the middleware option.
I was just about to test it out but I thought I would find out before I potentialy spend a lot of…
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