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Category Archives: Virtualisation

Sometimes it pays to RTFM..

04-Dec-08

Ment e-mailed me the other day about the KEEPCURRENTSETTINGS property of the App-V 4.5 client setup and how when used on the command line, other properties are ignored. I hadn’t seen this behaviour – or so I thought until I found that my client install script was not setting the right virtual driver letter [...]

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Workaround for crashing App-V Management Console

03-Dec-08

If you are managing a large number of applications with App-V you may experience a crash in the Microsoft Management Console when drilling down into the Application node.

Microsoft have addressed issues with the console previously with this knowledgebase article: When you use the SoftGrid Management Console, it may crash. That article discusses an issue [...]

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Unable to set security descriptor on global package files on App-V client upgrade

28-Nov-08

If you are deploying the App-V ADM Template to manage your App-V 4.5 clients you may need to consider the timing of deploying of Group Policy settings versus deployment of the client. The App-V ADM Template whitepaper recommends deploying the template after you have deployed the client.
If you deploy the 4.5 client settings to existing [...]

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Learning to live in harmony with the SCCM and App-V Clients

24-Nov-08

Ment van der Plas posted yesterday at the SoftGridBlog about what happens when the SCCM and the App-V client co-exist. Given that the SoftGridBlog doesn’t accept comments, here’s an extended reply to Ment’s post.
If you are deploying both SCCM and App-V in your environment, you will need to be aware of the interaction between the [...]

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