When sequencing an application it’s handy to have a template with some common file and registry exclusions to save on the cleanup work afterwards.
Copy the xml content below into a text file and save with a .appvt extension. Load this template into the App-V Sequencer before packaging an application.
To load this template launch the Sequencer and select File > Load Template.
Template Code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <SequencerTemplate xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <AllowMU>false</AllowMU> <AppendPackageVersionToFilename>true</AppendPackageVersionToFilename> <AllowLocalInteractionToCom>false</AllowLocalInteractionToCom> <AllowLocalInteractionToObject>false</AllowLocalInteractionToObject> <FullVFSWriteMode>false</FullVFSWriteMode> <ExcludePreExistingSxSAndVC>false</ExcludePreExistingSxSAndVC> <FileExclusions> <string>[{CryptoKeys}]</string> <string>[{Common AppData}]\Microsoft\Crypto</string> <string>[{Common AppData}]\Microsoft\Search\Data</string> <string>[{Cookies}]</string> <string>[{History}]</string> <string>[{Cache}]</string> <string>[{Local AppData}]</string> <string>[{LocalAppDataLow}]</string> <string>[{Personal}]</string> <string>[{Profile}]\Local Settings</string> <string>[{Profile}]\NTUSER.DAT.LOG1</string> <string>[{Profile}]\NTUSER.DAT.LOG2</string> <string>[{Recent}]</string> <string>[{Windows}]\Debug</string> <string>[{Windows}]\Logs\CBS</string> <string>[{Windows}]\Temp</string> <string>[{Windows}]\WinSxS\ManifestCache</string> <string>[{Windows}]\WindowsUpdate.log</string> <string>[{AppVPackageDrive}]\$Recycle.Bin</string> <string>[{AppVPackageDrive}]\System Volume Information</string> <string>[{AppData}]\Microsoft\AppV</string> <string>[{Local AppData}]\Temp</string> <string>[{ProgramFilesX64}]\Microsoft Application Virtualization\Sequencer</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\Software\Microsoft\EventSystem</string> <string>[{Windows}]\CSC</string> <string>[{Windows}]\Prefetch</string> <string>[{Windows}]\repair</string> <string>[{System}]\appmgmt</string> <string>[{AppVSystem32Catroot}]</string> <string>[{System}]\CCM</string> <string>[{System}]\config</string> <string>[{System}]\dllcache</string> <string>[{System}]\wbem</string> <string>[{Windows}]\Tasks</string> </FileExclusions> <RegExclusions> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Cryptography</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\[{AppVCurrentUserSID}]\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StreamMRU</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\[{AppVCurrentUserSID}]\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StreamMRU</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\[{AppVCurrentUserSID}]\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\[{AppVCurrentUserSID}]\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\AppV</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\AppV</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\[{AppVCurrentUserSID}]\Software\Microsoft\AppV</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\[{AppVCurrentUserSID}]\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\AppV</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runonce</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall</string> <string>REGISTRY\USER\SOFTWARE\Policies</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\SAM</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\Security</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\EventSystem</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Rpc</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WBEM</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runonce</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\DHCP</string> <string>REGISTRY\MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog</string> </RegExclusions> <TargetOSes /> </SequencerTemplate>