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After converting Adobe Acrobat standard 10.0 application from App-V 4.6 to App-V 5.1 using powershell commands, it throws an error 16 when launching the shortcut. Reason: This is due to UAC and the application requires to be run as administrator. Solution: To test manually Click Start > All Programs. Right click on the Adobe Acrobat X Standard product and click Run As Administrator.The shortcut will launch without any error. So how to resolve this in the App-V 5.1 package? We need to suppress the UAC prompt when run as administrator. Check my another blog for more information to solve this issue  here

There are some methods through which we can suppress UAC prompts when virtualizing using App-V 5.0. You can try the below methods which ever suits your need. 1. SET __COMPAT_LAYER: Edit the sequenced shortcut and add the below command. cmd.exe /c “SET __COMPAT_LAYER=RunAsInvoker & START Appname.exe” Note: There is a space in between SET and __COMPAT_LAYER. If you didn't leave any space it will throw an error. "SET' is not recognized as an internal or external command. 2. Registry Method: Right click on the shortcut and select properties-compatibility-privilege level- run as admin-apply. This will create a registry entry in the HKCU\HKLM based upon User/Machine selection. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers (or) HKEY_Current_User\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers Export the registry key and add it in the deployment config file and register it in the local machine. NOTE: Enable script exec...