Category Archives: Virtualisation

Disable Hibernation before enabling Hyper-V on a laptop

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Aaron Parker

If you enable Hyper-V on a laptop (or any other machine where hibernation is enabled automatically) you’ll find that you won’t be able to delete the hibernation file (hiberfil.sys).  Although hibernation is effectively disabled, the file remains in use once … Continue reading →

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Sequencing Mozilla Firefox 5

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Aaron Parker

It’s easy to virtualize Firefox with App-V; however getting it right takes a little more effort. Here’s how to successfully sequence Mozilla Firefox 5.x. What you lose by virtualizing Firefox Virtualizing Firefox with App-V will isolate the application from the … Continue reading →

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Sequencing Apple iTunes 10

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Aaron Parker

Here’s a nut I’ve been trying to crack for some time – successfully virtualizing Apple iTunes with App-V. I think a combination of iTunes 10 and App-V 4.6 SP1 did the trick. Here’s how to do it. What you lose … Continue reading →

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Adding Shell Extensions to App-V Packages

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Aaron Parker

Inspired by a post on the ThinApp blog on Adding Shell Extensions to ThinApp Packages, I’ve documented here how to add Shell Extensions to an App-V package using the Windows Installer file generated by the App-V Sequencer. Caveats There are … Continue reading →

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Sequencing Microsoft Comic Chat

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Aaron Parker

No, this isn’t an April Fools joke – I wanted to see if I could sequence Microsoft Comic Chat using App-V. After seeing Raymond Chen’s latest post on Comic Chat, I had to take a look. Comic Chat is a … Continue reading →

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