{"id":2264,"date":"2015-05-29T06:23:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T10:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/TmBlog\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2020-12-10T13:38:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T18:38:49","slug":"apps-needing-pvad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/TmBlog\/?p=2264","title":{"rendered":"Apps Needing PVAD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Originally published April 3, 2015 :\u00a0\u00a0 Last Updated\u00a0December 10, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12\/10\/2020 Update:<\/strong>  Added Bloomberg Terminal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5\/18\/2019 Update:\u00a0<\/strong>Added Aspect RTA 18.2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8\/7\/2018 Updated:<\/strong> Added RStudio.&nbsp; I suspect this one can be solved other ways as well, but PVAD is an easy way to solve it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7\/27\/2017 Update: <\/strong>Added a new app reported in.&nbsp; Also, I am seriously questioning if 5.1 HF2 had the reported impact on WinZip.&nbsp; It looks to me that WinZip changed in newer releases so it is more of a question of which WinZip version you use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4\/1\/2016 Update:&nbsp; <\/strong>5.1 HF2 includes an unclear note regarding path lengths. This client-side fix seems to be aimed at least some of the apps in this list. I&#8217;ll update as people test and report back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2\/16\/2016 Update:&nbsp;<\/strong>At present, it is not clear whether VFS or PVAD should be the default choice for packaging.&nbsp; Originally with 5.0, it was PVAD. But then due to issues (mostly with connection groups), VFS became the default method of choice. In my practice with 5.1, I am still defaulting to VFS and switch if that is a problem.&nbsp; Recently Microsoft&#8217;s Steve Thomas hinted that maybe PVAD as the default might be better with 5.1.&nbsp; In any case, it is splitting hairs because most apps work either way.&nbsp; The list below represents the apps that the community is aware of that have issues with VFS and should be PVADed. I will continue to update here as we learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since App-V 5.0 SP3, the default situation is that apps are installed into the VFS.&nbsp; This solves a lot of integration issues, especially involving Configuration Groups, but it is not perfect for every app. The MVPs started a list of apps that we discovered that required PVAD installation to work, and then Microsoft contacted me with a few others that they noticed, and since the original posting I have been getting additional apps sent to me by individuals.&nbsp; I have not personally verified the need to PVAD each and every one of these, but the list reflects the efforts of may great people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email me tim at tmurgent.onmicrosoft.com with any apps you know of for the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am now breaking this list into two lists, broken apps and performance related issues solved by PVADing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The known apps requiring a PVAD style sequencing to fix launch errors that occur with VFS sequencing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>WinZip&nbsp;&nbsp; [<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Solved with updated WinZip.&nbsp; Known to work with 21, not 17<\/span><strong>]<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Adobe Acrobat<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Office 2010<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Avaya CMS Supervisor R17 and R18 <\/strong>(Thanks to&nbsp;<span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">Cody Lambert)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>ArcGIS Desktop<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Scenario Replay <\/strong>by NICE CTI Systems&nbsp; (Thanks to <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">@VirtMadness)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Axiell CALM<\/strong> (Thanks to <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">Unnamed colleague of Dan Gogh)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>SCCM 2012 Console<\/strong> (Thanks to <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">Dan Gogh aka @packageologist<\/span>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Office 2003 <\/strong>(Thanks: <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">Dan Gogh<\/span>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Smart Draw VP&nbsp; <\/strong>(Thanks: <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">Unnamed colleague of Dan Gogh<\/span>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Oracle PeopleTools<\/strong> (Thanks: <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">@doc5avage<\/span>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Corel Paintshop Pro X4<\/strong> (Thanks: <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">Roel Beijnes<\/span>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Oracle Business Intelligence<\/strong> (Thanks: <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">Dan Gogh<\/span>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simul8.com\/\">Simul8<\/a><\/strong> (Thanks: <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">@rtimmsie<\/span>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Slim4<\/strong> from Omnis Studios (Thanks: <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">@AlexSweserjinen<\/span>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Alcatel(\/Lucent) Contact Center Supervisor<\/strong> (Thanks: @AlexSweserjinen)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Dell &#8211; Statistica 12.7<\/strong> [licensing issue] (Thanks: <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">@koevoetsfjm<\/span>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>IBM Cognos&nbsp;<\/strong> (Thanks <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">@BogdanMitrache<\/span>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Crystal Reports Runtime<\/strong> (Thanks <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">Cody Lambert<\/span>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>WorkPace 5.0.3 <\/strong>(Thanks&nbsp;<span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">@Roel_Beijnes &amp; Randy von Bannisseht<\/span>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Jasperisoft Studio Pro 6.x<\/strong> (Thanks <span lang=\"NO-BOK\" style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Baard Hermansen)&nbsp; [Verified still issue with 5,1 HF3.]<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>IBM DB2 11.1<\/strong>\u00a0 (Thanks\u00a0Johan Pol &#8211; <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">he is posting a recipe on his blog<\/span>)<\/li><li><\/li><li><strong>RStudio<\/strong> (Thanks to Chip for sending me\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.rstudio.com\/hc\/en-us\/community\/posts\/115006985287-RStudio-Microsoft-APP-V\">this link<\/a>)<\/li><li><strong>Aspect 18.2<\/strong> (Thanks to Chip: see this post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/AppV\/en\/appvforum\/appvsoftware\/128-script-execution-timing\">https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/AppV\/en\/appvforum\/appvsoftware\/128-script-execution-timing<\/a>)\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Bloomberg Terminal<\/strong> (App complained about installed location) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The known apps where unacceptable performance can be significantly improved via PVAD sequencing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>MiKTex 2.9<\/strong> by www.miktex.org (Thanks <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">Roy Essers<\/span>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you run into other applications needing PVAD, let me know and I&#8217;ll update this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to Sequence Using the PVAD:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To sequence using the PVAD, do one of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There is a command line argument&nbsp;(-EnablePVADControl) when launching the sequencer&nbsp;which adds back in the PVAD location prompt in the Wizard.<\/li><li>There is a&nbsp;registry setting (<span style=\"font-family: Courier New;\">HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\AppV\\Sequencer\\Compatibility<\/span>\\EnablePVADControl is a DWORD you add and set with the value 1) to bring back the PVAD prompt.<\/li><li>Or you can just enter monitoring mode and browse to the root of the OS drive (C:\\ by default) and look for a folder that looks like a GUID.&nbsp; Install to that folder and you get a PVAD install.<\/li><li>If you use PowerShell for your install, the utilities module in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/TimMangan\/silent-install\">https:\/\/github.com\/TimMangan\/silent-install<\/a> has a function called Find_PVAD that will return the PVAD folder created by the sequencer.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A list of known applications requiring PVAD installation in Microsoft App-V 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,48],"tags":[31,5],"class_list":["post-2264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appv5","category-sequencing","tag-appv5","tag-sequencingwithtimmangan-app-v","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/TmBlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/TmBlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/TmBlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/TmBlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/TmBlog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2264"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/TmBlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3200,"href":"https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/TmBlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264\/revisions\/3200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/TmBlog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/TmBlog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tmurgent.com\/TmBlog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}