This recipe shows you how to set up a sequencing client on a Windows 8.1 virtual machine. Unless there are particular hardware requirements to capture an application (for example, a 3D program that requires access to hardware acceleration), you should use a virtual machine to run the sequencer. Doing so allows you to take snapshots of the process as you go, to allow you to quickly go back to a point in time in the event that the capture did not happen as expected.

Finally, it's worth noting that your App-V sequencer should be running the same operating system version with the same libraries (like the .NET Framework) installed. Doing so aids any troubleshooting processes in the event that an application doesn't run as expected.