AVDCG and AVSS Updates

image of toolWhile everyone knows about the AppV_Manage tool, used for testing new App-V Packages, many either do not know or have forgotten about two of the other tools.

In fact, unless you were already using them you probably didn’t notice the updates last September.  I recently noticed that I totally forgot to blog and tweet about the changes.  Well even newer …

App-V Internet Explorer Add-on Conflict: Watch those Registry Keys

Students run into this problem in our App-V training classes every time.

The Problem

In one of the labs we deal with creating and deploying a handful of browser plugins in a connection group.  And everyone runs into an issue of some of them seemingly not working.  The lab specifies a set of plug-ins to use, but I usually encourage …

JreBlock: Script for hiding native Java

Photo: Patrick Mangan

Originally by: Patrick Mangan

Updated by: Tim Mangan for version 3.0

JreBlock: is a simple PowerShell script to help when you need to sequence a Java JRE inside of an App-V virtual environment and want to block visibility to other Java versions that might be natively installed at the client.

The typical technique to sequencing Java JREs is to actively …

App-V 5.0 Sp3 Upgrade: Clear Browser Cache to clear issue on Server MC upgrade

Just in case this bites someone else…

An upgrade of App-V Server to 5.0 SP3 includes a replacement Management Console.  As this is Silverlight based, this means that the website delivers a Silverlight XAP file to your browser.  Where it remains in your browser cache.

Upgrade of the server does not always mean that the browser cache gets flushed.  So …

Tim on App-V 5.0 SP3

image attribution Stuart MilesThis week Microsoft released the anticipated App-V 5.0 SP3, along with an updated UE-V 2.1, as part of the MDOP fall release.  We normally expect the MDOP release around November 1st, so this drop is a little later than usual for some reason.  But it is well worth the wait.

While Microsoft App-V is generally regarded as the

My Favorite BriForum moment, 10 years later

BriForum 10th Anniversary This year marks the 10th Anniversary of BriForums, a rather unique conference that I have had the privilege of speaking at many times. In fact, I’ve lost count of how many I have spoken at since I have spoken at every one and for many of those years there has been both one in Europe and one in the US. …