I’ve noticed lately a few people complaining that they needed to go back to the Windows 10 ADK 1803 sequencer in order to get some applications to work. Recently, a student came to one of our App-V Training Classes and brought …
Category: AppV5
On Start Menu and Shortcuts
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 …
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 …
Let’s be calm again!
Yesterday I wrote a post (http://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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …