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Category Archives: Virtualisation

Placing The SoftGrid User Data Directory

16-Mar-08

If you’re in the process of rolling out SoftGrid Application Virtualisation, you’ve most likely considered placement of the User Data Directory. The User Data Directory (or user cache) holds application configuration that would normally be stored in the user profile.
Placement of this folder needs to be decided in the context of your profile strategy. [...]

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SoftGrid Tip: What’s On That Q: Drive?

22-Feb-08

Here’s a nice SoftGrid tip from one of the guys in the team here.
If you want to take a look at the SoftGrid client drive, there a several methods. The most common would be to add a PRE LAUNCH script to the OSD file that would launch a Command Prompt window inside the SoftGrid bubble.
Now, I [...]

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Sequencing Apple QuickTime 7.x

03-Feb-08

If you’ve ever looked at deploying Apple QuickTime on Windows you have no doubt run into the challenges in configuring settings for this application. Successfully deploying QuickTime via SoftGrid/Microsoft Application Virtualisation requires that users receive the correct preferences before they run the application.
For some absurd reason QuickTime stores part of it’s preferences in the [...]

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Disable Adobe Updater When Sequencing CS3 Apps

25-Jan-08

Like all of the current Adobe applications, the CS3 suite comes bundled with Adobe Updater 5. When you are sequencing any of these applications you should ensure that Updater is disabled or not installed.
Allowing Updater to run from within the bubble will cause user profile issues. I was going to address this in a separate [...]

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