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Earlier in my previous blog I have mentioned that Enable-AppV, Disable-AppV, Enable-UeV, Disable-UeV commands in powershell doesn't show any success or failure result. http://app2pack.blogspot.in/2016/04/app-v-ue-v-available-by-default-in-new.html Recently Microsoft has released its windows 10 build 14327 insider preview release. So had a chance to test this case. when tested it shows the result that the App-V/Ue-V was successfully enabled/disabled. Finally there won't be any confusion whether the service is actually enabled or not. NOTE: Reboot will be required when enabling/disabling.

There was a huge expectation about the Project Centennial also famously known as Project C. I promise it will not disappoint any of you. I was very eager to have my hands on it and experiment it more and so here I am explaining the conversion steps in detail with a test desktop app. Prior to conversion one should know the advantages of converting desktop apps to UWP. To know more check the below link. https://msdn.microsoft.com/windows/uwp/porting/desktop-to-uwp-root Microsoft has released its pre-release version of Desktop App Converter tool which can be used to convert all the existing desktop apps written for .NET 4.6.1 or Win32 to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). Desktop App Converter tool converts a desktop Windows installer such as MSI or EXE to an AppX package that can be deployed to a Windows 10 desktop. Requirements: 1. Windows 10 Build 10.0.14316.0 or higher(Should be installed physically. Converter will fail in a VM image) 2. Desktop App Converter ( Download - Her...

Hot fix 3 for App-V 5.1 and Hot fix 2 for Ue-V 2.1 SP1 released for public today.Check the official link for more details. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3144445

Question: Even though when application is closed and no process or child process is running behind, unpublishing the package still shows application is in use and creates a Pending Task entry in the registry key. What is the reason? why it fails? Answer: This issue is happening because of the Dynamic Virtualization (Just In Time virtualization) provided by the App-V 5.0 SP2 and higher.  There are some applications like office, visio etc which has shell integration's that tightly integrates with the Explorer and Internet Explorer by default and are processed to use the virtual components. This is to enable support for enhanced shell extensions like context menu, drag and drop handler, drop target handler,data object handler,property sheet handler,infotip handler,column handler and preview handler. Closing the running application, Internet explorer and trying to unpublish still shows "App in use" error.Even if we try to run the Stop-AppvClientPackage command in an elevat...

Even though App-V client is installed and been enabled, running the App-V generated msi shows the below error. Resolution: Create a transforms for the generated MSI and remove the highlighted Installed OR APPV_CLIENT_INSTALLED launch condition.This should fix the issue temporarily. For a permanent fix we need to wait for Microsoft to release its updated OS.

As everyone would have already known the earlier news that Microsoft has planned to incorporate App-V in its new windows 10 release Redstone 1. Recently Microsoft has released its insider preview release for Windows 10 Build 14316. I had an opportunity to test it. Below are some interesting findings. 1. We can see the App-V files present in the C:\windows\System32 folder. One can think why Microsoft has kept the files like this instead of keeping them in a separate folder?  (Ex: C:\windows\System32\App-V). Though we were not able to get answers, we have to wait for Microsoft to give its reason.   2. The same applies to Ue-V files. They are also present inside the same C:\windows\System32 folder and not in a separate folder (Ex: C:\windows\System32\Ue-V). . 3. Next we tested publishing some sample apps. it wasn't successful. The reason was that the App-V Client service was disabled by default. Turning the App-V client services manually ON worked for us. We can start the se...

Download the source and extract the windows installer (.msi) file from %temp% location. Start the sequencing step using App-V 5.1 Sequencer. 1. Select create a new virtual package. 2. Select create package. 3. Select standard package. 4. Select custom installation. 5. Type the name of the virtual package as WinZip 19.0. Click Next and run the installation of the msi file in the CMD as shown below.   If you want to customize further using the PUBLIC Properties during installation with the msi, have a look in the below links. http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/11 http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/229/ Remove the desktop shortcut. 6. Click I am finished Installing once installation is completed. 7. In the configure software phase, launch the main shortcut and enter the registration details if you already have. Once the application opens, close it. Do this for at least 2 - 3 times. Launch again and keep the shortcut open and run the following command in CMD Prompt.   reg add "HKCU\Software...

April 2016 started very well with a good news for me. Earlier today I was checking my mails and I was totally taken aback. I received a mail from Microsoft stating that I have been awarded the most prestigious MVP award for outstanding contributions to the Microsoft community and other forums in terms of App-V. I was super excited to see a recognition from Mr. Biplab Paul, PMP Audience Evangelism Manager – India Communities Microsoft.This was like a dream come true for me.   Getting the MVP award was one of my long term goal and finally I have achieved it. This is my very first MVP award.I am so honored to be a part of the Microsoft Community and now also the MVP program! I would like to thank all other App-V gurus, App-V MVP's, Microsoft MVP program, India MVP program and my beloved family & friends.I would like to dedicate this to Rory Monaghan who inspired me to achieve my goal.And finally a big thanks to all of you who supported me and visited my blog, without you ...