App-V Recipes

Here’s a list of App-V recipes, tips and other info from around the tubes. If you have a link and would like it added, please contact me.

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I have documented sequencing some of the applications I’ve come across over the past few years:

• Sequencing Mozilla Firefox 8
• Sequencing Mozilla Firefox 7
• Sequencing Mozilla Firefox 5
• Sequencing Apple iTunes 10
• Sequencing Microsoft Comic Chat
• Sequencing the App-V Management Console
• Virtualising Adobe Reader X
• Virtualising Apple Safari 5
• Virtualising Paint.NET 3.x
• Virtualising OpenOffice.org 3.x (lists the Sun Java Runtime Environment too)
• Virtualising Firefox? Don’t forget to disable Updates
• Virtualising QuickTime 7.x
• Juggling Sun Java Runtimes in App-V
• Running the latest Oracle JInitiator
• Sequencing Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Sequencing Adobe Illustrator CS3
• Sequencing Adobe InDesign CS3

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Where to find information on sequencing

The following guides should be followed when sequencing an application and will assist in creating a successful App-V package:

• Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1 Sequencing Guide (read this document before attempting sequencing for the first time)
• Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Sequencing Guide
• Best practices to use for sequencing in Microsoft SoftGrid

These locations host some excellent information for sequencing applications:

• App-V General Sequencing on the TechNet Forums
• Sequencing on AppVirtGuru.com
• AppDeploy.com has details about silent installs which also includes instructions for virtualising many packages

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Support Statements

Some vendors have released official support statements for their products running under various application virtualisation products:

• Description of the support policy for Microsoft programs that are running in a Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization environment
• Description of the support policy for versions of Office that are running in SoftGrid Application Virtualization
• Client virtualization support for the Lync 2010 client and the Lync 2010 Group Chat client
• Support for the Microsoft unified communications clients in Application Virtualization environments
• Will Microsoft FRx Work With Microsoft SoftGrid?
• The support policy for third-party applications that run in a SoftGrid Application Virtualization environment
• Attachmate Products and Virtualization Platforms
• Is there Microsoft App-V support for IBM SPSS Statistics Client product
• Using Microsoft App-V to Deploy the Zephyr PASSPORT Terminal Emulator

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Other App-V Recipes and Tips

This is a list of completed recipes plus various resources and recommendations for virtualizing applications with App-V. Note – this page displays only the last 20 links. To see the full list of recipes go to my App-V Recipe bookmarks and subscribe to updates via the App-V Recipes and Tips feed.