The SoftGrid Team Blog

How to use App-V to virtualize Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 - PowerPivot for Excel 2010

2013-03-06T18:13:05Z

Hi all! This is Vladimir from the App-V team and today I wanted to give you a quick tip on how you can virtualize PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010 using Microsoft App-V. I recently worked an issue where we were trying to virtualize the Microsoft Read More......(read more)

How to manually uninstall the App-V 4.6 SP1 client

2013-02-28T18:34:01Z

Hello everyone, John Behneman here, and in today’s post I wanted to pass along a tip that might come in handy as you prepare for App-V v5. I recently worked with a customer who had multiple corrupt App-V 4.6 SP1 RDS Client installs that were failing to Read More......(read more)

Your guide to must-have App-V 5.0 migration resources

2013-02-27T16:48:59Z

Looking for the best resources for your App-V v5 migration or deployment? If so then Microsoft’s very own Steve Thomas has amassed a veritable salad of links and information that I’m sure you'll find invaluable in making your App-V 5.0 rollout a success Read More......(read more)

New hotfix for potential issue with App-V and ConfigMgr 2007

2013-02-19T16:33:37Z

If you use System Center Configuration Manager 2007 with App-V then you might want to take a look at this new KB we published. It’s a hotfix that addresses a situation where you may see a memory leak when you use an App-V package that contains icons. Read More......(read more)

Support Tip: App-V client service fails with Error 1114: A Dynamic Link Library (DLL) initialization routine failed

2013-02-13T18:40:56Z

Hello everyone, John Behneman here, and today I wanted to tell you about an interesting App-V issue I ran into the other day and what we did to fix it. What happened was that the Microsoft Application Virtualization client service failed to start and Read More......(read more)

How to Sequence Visual Studio 2012 in Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP2

2013-02-06T16:07:51Z

Looking to get a head start on virtualizing Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 with App-V? If so then this one’s for you. Microsoft’s own Arnab Biswas just posted a recipe that describes how to sequence Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 for use with Microsoft Application Read More......(read more)

Where are all my App-V apps?

2013-01-28T18:08:28Z

Just a quick heads up on a new Configuration Manager hotfix we released that may affect some of you. There’s an issue in ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 where Hardware Inventory does not inventory Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) applications in Microsoft Read More......(read more)

KB: 64-Bit UE-V applications crash on exit when Citrix EdgeSight is installed

2013-01-28T16:34:27Z

This isn’t really App-V specific but since this is our short-term temporary home for UE-V content I wanted to post a quick heads up. We just published a new KB article about an issue where Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) environments that Read More......(read more)

How to collect App-V 5.0 debug traces

2013-01-23T16:07:22Z

Hi all! This is Vladimir from the App-V team and today I want to show you how to collect App-V 5.0 server ETL traces. These ETL traces can be helpful in certain troubleshooting scenarios and the steps below show you how to collect them from the App-V Read More......(read more)

KB: Keepass.exe fails to synchronize settings with Microsoft User Experience Virtualization 1.0 (UE-V 1.0)

2013-01-22T17:24:11Z

Here’s an issue we’ve seen a time or two here in support so I thought it would be worth a mention in case any of you happen to run across it. What happens is that Keepass.exe fails to synchronize settings with Microsoft User Experience Virtualization Read More......(read more)

KB: HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error when launching the App-V Management Console

2013-01-16T19:46:48Z

Here’s a new KB article we published today. This one describes an error you’ll get when trying to use an App-V Management Console that’s been installed to a drive other than the C drive. If you want to do this you’ll need to add the appropriate permissions Read More......(read more)

KB: Error granting access to an App-V package: Invalid input was passed

2013-01-15T21:25:06Z

Here’s one more App-V KB article we published today. This one discusses and issue where using the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Management Server website to grant access to a package to an Active Directory group fails. There are a couple Read More......(read more)

KB: The Server App-V sequencing process fails with "The Sequencer could not stop the MSIServer service"

2013-01-15T16:53:20Z

Here’s a new KB we published on an issue in App-V where the sequencer errors out and package creation fails. We’ve seen this a few times and it basically comes down to not having all the latest updates applied to the sequencing computer so the fix is Read More......(read more)

How to sequence the Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Admin Console with Microsoft App-V

2013-01-08T22:30:07Z

Hi everyone, Somaning Turwale here. I recently went through the process of sequencing the Configuration Manager 2012 admin console and thought I’d share what I learned with you here. NOTE In my example below I am sequencing the Microsoft Read More......(read more)

Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 Integration

2013-01-03T14:24:00Z

written by – Ozge Yavuz, SDE Introduction App-V 5.0 “isolates” virtual applications from the operating system and other processes. This is done by hiding the application resources from everything else. One can imagine this as running Read More......(read more)