We posted this solution a while back but it’s proven to be so popular that it was converted to an official Knowledge Base article. You can find our original post here but the test of the KB is below: ===== Symptoms Consider the following scenario: 1. You install the App-v 4.x server and set the…
Year: 2010
Additional Considerations When Upgrading an App-V Sequenced Application Package Using the Command Line
One advantage of the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Sequencer is the capability of running via the command line. This allows for automating the sequencing of applications which do not require any special customizations in their guidelines or "recipes" for sequencing. The upgrading of a package can also be automated using the command line sequencer. The…
Fix: RSSOwl virtualized with Microsoft App-V fails to launch after the first attempt
After sequencing RSSOwl 2.x with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) you may be able to launch RSSOWL during the monitoring and the launch phase, however after the second launch (and subsequent launches) the application fails to start with an application-specific error: "There are no more files" Cause This occurs due to a sharing violation with the…
Fix: Error xxxxxxx-xxxxxx0A-0000E01E launching Cygwin for Windows when sequenced using Microsoft App-V
You may run into an unusual issue when running a virtualized sequence of Cygwin under Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V). The application will sequence correctly and launch both during the Monitoring phase and the Launch phase, however when you attempt to launch the application in any deployment context you will get the following error: The Application…
Solution: A virtualized application on a Microsoft App-V client fails to launch with Error Code: 2A-00002AF9
Just an FYI on a new Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Knowledge Base article we published today. If you’re having trouble running virtualized apps on your clients and getting something along the lines of Error Code: xxxxxxx-xxxxxx2A-00002AF9 then you’ll want to check this one out: Symptoms An application on an App-V client fails to launch with…
New KB: Supported command line options for the Microsoft App-V 4.5 Management Server installer
Just a quick note that we published a new Knowledge Base article today that documents the supported command line options for the Microsoft App-V 4.5 Management Server. I’m not going to duplicate it all here but if you want to check it out see the following link: KB2384955 – Supported command line options for the Microsoft…
Troubleshooting App-V error 0A-400000C8
Yesterday I got an interesting email from a Mr. Tom Torggler regarding a Microsoft App-V issue he was experiencing when he tried to stream a package with Configuration Manager 2007. If he set the advertisement to “Stream virtual applications from distribution point” then it would fail, but if he set the advertisement to “Download content…
Microsoft Update/WSUS will not offer the App-V 4.5 SP2 update if you do not have Microsoft Application Error Reporting installed
Just a quick FYI that we just published revised detection logic for Microsoft App-V 4.5 Service Pack 2 (SP2) so that Microsoft Update/WSUS will not offer the App-V 4.5 SP2 update if you do not have Microsoft Application Error Reporting installed on the Microsoft Application Virtualization client. To install Microsoft Application Error Reporting, follow these…
Solution: Using the Refresh Server option to refresh a Publishing Server from the Microsoft Application Virtualization Client MMC snap-in results in error code 2A-0000274D
When you use the Refresh Server option to refresh a Publishing Server from the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Client MMC snap-in, you may receive the following error message: The Application Virtualization Client could not update publishing information from the server ServerName. No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. Error code:…
Solution: Using the Refresh Server option to refresh a Publishing Server from the Microsoft Application Virtualization Client MMC snap-in results in error code 04-00000917
When you use the Refresh Server option to refresh a Publishing Server from the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Client MMC snap-in, you may receive the following error message: The Application Virtualization Client could not update publishing information from the server server name. The server could not authorize you to access the requested data. Please report…