Here’s one more KB article we published today. Enjoy! ===== Symptoms On a Windows Server 2008 R2 RDS server running the App-V Client version 4.6.0.20200, after Internet Explorer 8 is upgraded to Internet Explorer 9, the Microsoft Compiled HTML Help files (*.chm) in some App-V packages may stop working and the help panel will display…
Year: 2011
Considerations when Updating an App-V Read-only (Shared) Cache
Here’s another KB article we published today. It’s a regular fountain of new content! ===== Summary The concept of a shared, or read-only cache was introduced in version 4.6 of the Microsoft Application Virtualization client. When using App-V in a Shared Cache environment, it is recommended to use a UNC path to a symbolic link…
Rolling back an App-V server upgrade may result in clients receiving xxxxxx-xxxxxx0A-00002002 errors
Just a quick heads up on a new KB article we published today: ===== Symptoms When connecting a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) client version 4.5 or later to a legacy Softgrid server (i.e. one running a version prior to 4.5) you may get the following error: The server will not allow a connection without valid…
App-V User Group Days in Europe
We have a strong independent App-V Community in Europe and they meet from time to time in Microsoft offices to get the latest information about App-V and get connected to each other in the App-V business. The meetings start in Germany as a German speaking event and the next App-V Day for the German speaking…
New KB: Common dialogs fail to open in applications sequenced with Microsoft App-V
Here’s a new App-V Knowledge Base article we published this morning. If you’re seeing an issue where dialog boxes fail to open with a virtualized app then you’ll want to check this one out: ===== Symptoms Common dialogs such as File \ Open, Save, or Save-As… fail to open in applications sequenced in App-V 4.5…
How to troubleshoot applications failing to stream from an App-V management server
Here’s a new App-V KB article we published this today. If you ever need to troubleshoot issues where a client fails to stream a virtualized app from the App-V server then there’s no better place to start than right here: ===== Summary This article covers how to troubleshoot virtualized applications in Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)…
How to troubleshoot failures when refreshing the publishing server on an App-V client
Here’s a new App-V KB article we published this today. If you ever need to troubleshoot client refresh issues with an App-V server then there’s no better place to start than right here: ===== Summary This article covers how to troubleshoot failures when refreshing a publishing server on a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) client. Refreshing…
How to recover from accidently enabling System Center Configuration Manager App-V integration
Hi everyone, Alvin Morales here. When System Center Configuration Manager 2007/Application Virtualization (App-V) integration is enabled, System Center Configuration Manager takes over for the App-V client and runs an SFTMIME “delete” operation for all applications that are not managed by System Center Configuration Manager. It is not uncommon for System Center Configuration Manager administrators to…
How to configure App-V with Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB)
Hi everyone, Alvin Morales here again. I recently came across several cases here in support where folks were looking for the steps needed to configure Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) with a Microsoft Network Load Balancer (NLB) setup so I thought I should probably get something published here in case anyone else was wanting to do…
Office documents may not open in the expected version when using multiple versions of Office with Microsoft App-V
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about FTAs and Office and there’s a link to the official KB at the bottom: Symptoms When a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) virtualized Office package is used in conjunction with a locally installed version of Office, Office documents may open with an unexpected…