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Microsoft Application Virtualization Cookbook

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Microsoft Application Virtualization Cookbook

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Microsoft Application Virtualization Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Managing file type associations


One of the key advantages of App-V is that it allows you to run multiple and often incompatible editions of the same software (for example, Office 2007 and 2013) side by side; however, this can still cause conflicts with file type associations. Although it is not yet possible to manage file type associations through the App-V management console, it is possible to modify the associations by creating custom files. This recipe shows how to delete any unneeded file type associations.

Getting ready

To complete these steps, you will need to complete the first recipe in this chapter ensuring that the Audacity Users security group has permission to run Audacity 2.0.6.

How to do it...

The following list shows you the high-level steps involved in this recipe and the tasks required to complete the recipe (all of the actions in this recipe will take place on a domain-joined Windows 8.1 computer):

  • Generate a new App-V configuration file.

  • Edit the configuration file to remove...