| Just where the heck is StealthPuppy when you need him? Somebody has to talk about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and App-V. At times it has been hard to sequence Adobe Reader, but these days you can almost do it while sleeping. OK, so I’ll take a shot at writing about it because old posts make it sound so hard. |  Photo |
Category: Sequencing
AppVManifestEditor (AVME)
AppVManifestEditor is a new free GUI based tool for editing the AppXManifest file that Microsoft is exposing in the sequencer for editing in the new 5.1 release of App-V.
Microsoft is making the file available for export/import within the sequencer. The syntax of this xml file is undocumented, and editing the xml can be very tricky, so a tool is …
The App-V Virtual Device Driver: Really!!!!
I’m not sure why I never thought of this before. All of the pieces were right there in front of me for a while, but it didn’t click until today.
Today I created my first Virtual Device Driver with App-V!!!!
OK. Time for the fine print:
The driver isn’t really virtualized, I just make it only exist when it needs …
Virtual App Runtime Debugging with Updated AppV_Manage 5
I am pleased to announce version 5 of the free AppV_Manage tool, and in particular the new run-time debugging capabilities. You can find the tool downloader at this link here.
When dealing with a difficult application, you often need to use several tools to try to find out what is wrong. In the past, I had integrated a number …
Apps Needing PVAD
Originally published April 3, 2015 : Last Updated December 10, 2020
12/10/2020 Update: Added Bloomberg Terminal
5/18/2019 Update: Added Aspect RTA 18.2.
8/7/2018 Updated: Added RStudio. I suspect this one can be solved other ways as well, but PVAD is an easy way to solve it.
7/27/2017 Update: Added a new app reported in. Also, I am seriously questioning if …
My Sequencer Build Script
I build a LOT of App-V Sequencer and Client VMs over the course of a year. Not only do I test each release, but hotfixes and a bunch of private builds that I get, and then I also need to handle changes to my own tools (which need testing before release). Plus I want to reuse the technique to build …
Sequencing AutoCAD 2015 Update
Last June, I posted a way to sequence AutoCAD 2015 using App-V 5 on a Blog post here. This was done using the then latest-and-greatest version of App-V, 5.0 SP2 with Hotfix 4. We had been having trouble with many AutoCAD versions since the 2014 versions started appearing with some sort of incompatibility, and Hotfix 4 overcame whatever that …
Coming Soon: Generate Package Documentation with AppV_Manage
Coming Soon! In version 4.0 of AppV_Manage, we will have an optional (paid for) feature to generate package documentation in Microsoft Word format. This work is an outgrowth of the package analyzer function. In version 4 I have enhanced the analysis, going beyond reporting on extensions reported by App-V but also analyzing the package contents to see some of what …