Quick Fixes

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 Ant App-V 5.1, Microsoft App-V

Sequencing SystemTools Hyena 12.5.2 with App-V 5.1

Copy the installation media locally and launch the sequencer with the EnablePVADControl parameter

Load a sequencing template if you have one – here’s a copy of the one I use

Ensure sequencer is clean and ready i.e. no restarts pending/previous packages captured etc.

Select the installer

Enter name and PVAD – C:\System-Tools_Hyena_12.5.0_001A

Click Next

Enter the installation directory C:\System-Tools_Hyena_12.5.0_001A

Allow time for installation to complete

Tick the checkbox and click Next

Run Hyena

Enter the registration info

Click OK

Open RegEdit – Browse to HKCU\Software\Adkins Resource\Hyena\Win32 and set AskForNewsletterSignup to 1

Create a key under HKCU\Software\Adkins Resource\Hyena\Advanced called DisableUpdateChecker and set to 1

Click Next

Continue to modify package if you want to clean up further or modify shortcuts etc otherwise save the package

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 Ant App-V 5.0, App-V 5.1, Microsoft App-V

Microsoft App-V 5 Sequencing Template

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>

January 18, 2017January 18, 2017 Ant App-V 5.1, Microsoft App-V

Sequencing Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 8u91 with App-V 5.1

There are various forums and websites around with information on this however I thought I’d share a step by step guide I created.

Download JRE 8u91 x86 and run it on the sequencer VM
Browse to %userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\Oracle\Java\hre1.8.0_91 and copy the msi to C:\1
Cancel the Java setup
Launch the sequencer with the following command
Open the sequencer and add the following path to the exclusions
Click on Create New App-V Package then Create Package (default)
Click Next
Click Next
Select custom installation and click next
Enter a name and a PVAD which we’re NOT going to use
Now run the msi using the following command. Give it some time to complete.
Once complete, create the following registry key
Create another registry key
Use notepad (run as administrator) to edit the deployment.properties document under this location
Add these two lines to the bottom and save
Check I am finished installing and click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Select Continue to modify package… and click Next
IMPORTANT – Ensure this folder is set to override the local directory. This ensures that another other versions of Java (packaged or local) do not take priority over this version.
IMPORTANT – Ensure write permission to the VFS is permitted. Allows the package to write the deployment.config file back to the VFS.