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App-V Error …-00002002

Posted by Jacques on 25th August 2011

If your get the following App-V client error when refreshing your apps from the App-V Client Console: The Application Virtualization Client could not update publishing information from the server App-V Server. The server will not allow a connection without valid NTLM credentials. Report the following error code to your System Administrator. Error code: 4615186-1690900A-00002002 And [...]

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Here are the valid OS Values for App-V OSD Files

Posted by Jacques on 9th December 2009

Target OS OSD Tag Value Minimal AppV Client Windows NT <OS VALUE="WinNT"/> 4.1 Windows 2000 <OS VALUE="Win2K"/> 4.1 Windows 2000 Server <OS VALUE="Win2KSvr"/> 4.1 Windows 2000 Terminal Server <OS VALUE="Win2KTS"/> 4.1 Windows XP <OS VALUE="WinXP"/> 4.1 Windows XP x64 <OS VALUE="WinXP64"/> 4.6 x64 Windows Server 2003 <OS VALUE="Win2003Svr"/> 4.1 Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server <OS [...]

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Adding OS to your OSD files…

Posted by Jacques on 5th December 2009

You’ve sequenced hundreds of packages for App-V 4.x. You did it for Windows XP or Vista. And now you want to use these packages for your new client OS, for instance Windows 7… So you need to add the XML tag <OS VALUE="Win7"/> in each single OSD file… This utility is for you! Download Add_OS_to_OSD.zip [...]

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App-V sequencing of FlowJo 7.5

Posted by Jacques on 9th June 2009

Recently, I sequenced the newest FlowJo 7.5. I ended with the issue that the application never ended to load. It was possible to possible to use the program for a few moments, but it evebtually crashed with the message: The SoftGrid Client could not launch application_name. The application took too long to be ready to [...]

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How to sequence Google Chrome for App-V 4.5

Posted by Jacques on 18th January 2009

Try to find a stand-alone installer instead of using Google Update (quite a challenge) Start Monitoring and just install Chrome normally Stay in monitoring and move the whole Google folder from the user’s AppData\Local folder to the Q: drive, e.g Q:\GChrome.010\Google Still in Monitoring, delete all the created Chrome shortcuts. Create a new one pointing [...]

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Issue when sequencing PyMOL 1.1r1 for App-V 4.5

Posted by Jacques on 18th January 2009

The sequencing steps are common and straight forward. Publishing the package is easy too. But a launching on the client, PyMol stops with an error, telling that the PYMOL_PATH value could not be found in the environment nor in the registry. PyMOL installer indead creates a registry entry to store the path of the PyMOL [...]

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App-V 4.5 Documentation Hub

Posted by Jacques on 4th October 2008

This is probably the best place to start… Breaking news, doc white papers, best practices, links to blogs and forums, and more…. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/appvirtualization/default.aspx Direct link to white papers: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/appvirtualization/cc843994.aspx

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Funny fatal effect of machine name for the App-V Sequencer…

Posted by Jacques on 28th August 2008

I took me a while to find out why I was not able to build working sft packages with the new App-V Sequencer 4.5 RC… I set up a virtual vista reference machine on my Hyper-V server and installed the Sequencer 4.5 RC. The only package I was able to produce was puTTY: what a [...]

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GPO ADM Template available for App-V 4.5 RC…

Posted by Jacques on 18th July 2008

Notice that the adm file is a RC version. Also the adm controls preferences (not enforced policies). And it is not (yet) an admx but an "old-fashion adm template… You will find the official information and the connect link here: http://blogs.technet.com/softgrid/archive/2008/07/17/app-v-adm-template-now-available-on-connect.aspx

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