A friend of mine and a App-V specialist has pointed out a number of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles relating to a number of configuration and application compatibility issues with the latest releases of the App-V client and sequencer.
I thought I would distill and publish these KB articles and links in a single place for easy reading (and finding)
App-V RTM Hotfix Rollup 2
The following issues are fixed in the hotfix package:
- Empty virtual directories may become inaccessible. This behavior causes later file operations on that virtual directory to fail and to generate the following error message:
File Not Found
- When you try to run ArcGIS as a virtual application, ArcGIS may stop responding on some systems.
- When you use Symantec Endpoint Protection, and the Application and Device Control feature is enabled, virtual applications may not start and may generate the following error message:
The application failed to initialize properly (0xc000007b)
- When you try to run SmarTerm Essentials as a virtual application, SmarTerm Essentials may not start because it cannot validate its license.
App-V RTM Hotfix Rollup 3
The following issues are fixed in the hotfix package:
- When you add or remove a user from an Active Directory security group that is used to control access to an application, App-V does not correctly publish the application after a domain controller refresh. For example, the user does not see the new application if the following conditions are true:
- The user is added to a security group.
- The user is removed from the security group, but the user does not log off and then log back on. In this case, the application is not removed.
- The Microsoft Application Virtualization for Terminal Services client intermittently generates a 0xA stop error.
- Empty virtual directories may become inaccessible. Therefore, later file operations on that virtual directory fail. When this problem occurs, you receive the following error message:
File Not Found
- When you run ArcGIS as a virtual application, ArcGIS stops responding on some systems when you start ArcGIS.
- When you use Symantec Endpoint Protection with the Application and Device Control feature enabled, virtual applications cannot start. Additionally, you receive the following error message:
The application failed to initialize properly (0xc000007b)
- When you run SmarTerm Essential as a virtual application, SmarTerm Essential cannot validate its license. Therefore, SmarTerm Essential does not start.
App-V CU1
This cumulative update contains the following changes:
- Support for Windows 7 Beta and Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta
App-V 4.5 CU1 addresses compatibility issues with Windows 7 Beta and Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta. Support will be provided for blocking issues that prevent App-V 4.5 CU1 from running in a test environment on pre-RTM versions of Windows 7. This change helps make sure that your virtual applications can run successfully in a test environment in which compatibility between App-V 4.5 Client and Windows 7 Beta is required.
Note Running App-V 4.5 CU1 on any version of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 in a live operating environment is not supported. - Improved support for sequencing the Microsoft .NET Framework
App-V 4.5 CU1 addresses previous issues with sequencing the .NET Framework 3.5 and earlier versions on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and later versions.
Customer feedback and Hotfix rollup
App-V 4.5 CU1 also includes a rollup of fixes to address issues that have been found in the App-V 4.5 RTM release. This cumulative update includes a combination of known issues and customer feedback from our internal teams, partners, and customers who are using App-V 4.5. - In addition to stability improvements, this update addresses the following issues:
- When you try to set the default value of a registry key by using the REGVALUE OSD element, you receive an error that the OSD file is formatted incorrectly.
- When you try to open a small application package that has been compressed, it may not start, and you may receive a "0A-00000163" error. Typically, the application package is less than 1 megabyte (MB).
- When you open a 16-bit application, you cannot access files in the virtual file system. This causes a start failure.
App-V CU1 Hotfix Rollup 1
This Hotfix package addresses the following issue:
- When you run the German version of Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, you cannot add or change attributes in the Open Software Descriptor (OSD) tab.
Note If you have the following issue, apply the Hotfix that is described in KB 969774:
App-V CU1 Hotfix Rollup 2
This hotfix package addresses the following issues:
- When the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 client tries to perform a DC refresh over HTTP or over HTTPS on an IPv6 network, the DC refresh is not completed successfully.
- If the %APPDATA% environment variable expands to a UNC path, virtual applications may not always start with application-specific failures.
- In environments that have a trust relationship and mapped user accounts between Windows Domain and an MIT Kerberos realm, the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 client cannot log on to a publishing server. Additionally, you receive error 8009030C. You can enable this fix by creating the registry value UseMITKerberos.
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
- Start Registry Editor
- Locate and then click the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SoftGrid\4.5\Client\Network
- On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
- Type UseMITKerberos, and then press ENTER.
- On the Edit menu, click Modify.
- Type 1, and then click OK.
- Exit Registry Editor.
App-V CU1 Hotfix Rollup 3
This hotfix package addresses the following issues:
- When the App-V client tries to perform a publishing refresh over HTTP or HTTPS, the publishing refresh is not completed successfully. The publishing refresh is not completed successfully if a package contains pathnames that have Japanese characters. This problem occurs when the App-V client is running a Japanese version of Windows XP and has Internet Explorer 6 installed.
- When you run a virtual application, Microsoft Access 97 generates error 1008 when Access 97 is moving temporary files.
- When the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 client tries to perform a publishing refresh over HTTP or over HTTPS on an IPv6 network, the publishing refresh is not completed successfully.
- If the %APPDATA% environment variable expands to a universal naming conventions (UNC) path, application-specific failures do not always occur when you start virtual applications.
- In environments that have a trust relationship and a mapped user account between Windows Domain and an MIT Kerberos realm, the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 client cannot log on to a publishing server. Additionally, you receive error 8009030C.
Note You can resolve this problem by creating the UseMITKerberos registry value.
App-V CU1 Hotfox Rollup 4
This hotfix package addresses the following issues:
- When you apply a disk quota to the profile directories of an user and when the disk quota is near the limit, the App-V client leaks paged pool memory.
- When run as a virtual application, a process that calls RegQueryMultipleValues experience unexpected errors or cannot start. For example, you receive error messages when you start or shutdown the Trapeze application and the application does not work correctly.
- When a App-V client tries to perform a publishing refresh procedure over HTTP or HTTPS, the procedureis not completed successfully. Specifically, the procedure is not completed successfully if a package contains pathnames that have Japanese characters. This problem occurs when the App-V client is running a Japanese version of Windows XP and has Internet Explorer 6 installed.
- When run as a virtual application, Microsoft Access 97 generates an error message 1008 when Access 97 is moving temporary files.
- When a Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 client tries to perform a publishing refresh procedure over HTTP or over HTTPS on an IPv6 network, the procedure is not completed successfully.
- When you expand a %APPDATA% environment variable to a universal naming conventions (UNC) path, application-specific failures occur when you start virtual applications.
- In environments that have a trust relationship and mapped user accounts between a Windows Domain and an MIT Kerberos realm, the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 client cannot log on to a publishing server. Additionally, you receive an error message 8009030C.
App-V CU1 Hotfix Rollup 5
This hotfix package addresses the following issues:
- It takes significantly longer to stream a package over the RTSPS protocol than to stream a package over the RTSP protocol.
- When you use TrueCrypt for drive encryption, any attempts to mount an encrypted volume may generate a 0xA stop error.
- The Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 client leaks paged pool memory. This problem occurs when you apply a disk quota to the profile directories of a user and when the disk quota is near the limit. .
- A virtual application that calls the RegQueryMultipleValues function may experience unexpected errors or fail to start. For example, you receive error messages when you start or shutdown the Trapeze application. Then, the application does not work correctly.
- When an Application Virtualization 4.5 client tries to perform a publishing refresh procedure over HTTP or over HTTPS, the procedure is not completed successfully. Specifically, the procedure is not completed successfully if a package contains pathnames that have Japanese characters. This problem occurs when the Application Virtualization 4.5 client has Windows Internet Explorer 6 installed and runs a Japanese version of Windows XP.
- When it is run as a virtual application, Microsoft Office Access 97 generates an error message 1008 when Office Access 97 is moving temporary files.
- When an Application Virtualization 4.5 client tries to perform a publishing refresh procedure over HTTP or over HTTPS on an IPv6 network, the procedure is not completed successfully.
- When you expand a %APPDATA% environment variable to a universal naming conventions (UNC) path, application-specific failures occur when you start virtual applications.
Hope you found this as useful as I did.
And, many thanks to Justin Zarb - You can find him at: http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld/
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