App-V Database Schema Pdfs Available

We have added two new eBooks to our growing collection of App-V related publications.  These are both PDFs that depict the organization of the App-V Full Infrastructure database, one for 4.6/4.5 implementations, and the other for 4.2/4.1.

We often print these on a 22/38.5 inch poster for our training classes, and people have asked for copies over the years.  So …

OSD Reference Book Published (EBook)

Tim Mangan today publishes an e-book today for the Microsoft App-V Community.  “App-V OSD Reference Book” is an unofficial reference manual for the OSD syntax used by App-V.For years, his online tool “The OSD Illustrated” has been the best reference to this XML based syntax.  Now Tim has formally written the missing reference guide to the syntax.  As

A Failure To Launch (Tool for App-V)

Today I “launched” a new free tool to provide some organized help with App-V Client errors.  This tool, called A Failure To Launch, is a Silverlight app that allows you to search for information on an error code produced by the App-V Client.

For each of the codes covered, the tool provides information about the cause (or possible causes), …

AppV_DeployNPublish 1.9

Version 1.9 of the AppV Deploy and Publish tools is now available (tools section of the main TMurgent website). This version fixes a few anoyances. AppV_DeployApp now remembers the configured content folder, and you can now deploy a second app without having to exit and restart; all three programs now have a /help option from the command line.…

IE6 on Windows 7 App-V Sequence: CSS should “Open Source” the Recipe

The App-V community has long been a very giving group of professionals, going back to the old Softricity days.  We post on the forums and share recipes on how to sequence apps.  Some of us post on blogs and even produce instructional videos.  And while I don’t tweet, I certainly see signs of a lot of sharing happing via twitter.…

Two new OSD Policies for App-V

Microsoft has informed us of two policies that exist for the OSD that, up to now, had been undocumented.  It is unclear when these policies were added, but clearly they are supported in 4.6, and they may have been around for years.

These policies, now documented in The OSD Illustrated (an interactive online application that depicts and describes the entire …