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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

Dissecting an App-V 5 package


App-V packages can be edited after being captured using the sequencer. This recipe shows what the relevance of each file in the package is and how to edit it.

The following screenshot shows the contents of the package using the Audacity installation captured in the second recipe of this chapter:

The following table explains the purpose of each of these files:

.appv

The App-V Virtual Application, which contains files, registry entries, and settings.

.msi

A Microsoft scripted installer, which can be used to deploy the App-V application through Electronic Software Distribution.

_DeploymentConfig.xml

Package-level publishing options for all applications in the package, including shortcuts, scripting, and file type associations.

_UserConfig.xml

User-level publishing options for all applications in the package, including shortcuts, scripting, and file type associations.

report.xml

Lists any output from the capture report, including files that might...