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Microsoft technology for virtualizing applications into services

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Preferred way to deliver UWP app without Windows Store

I need to deliver an UWP app (*) that the client will install on tablets inside their network. The Windows Store is blocked by policy. There is a procedure for signing and sideloading an .appx package…
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Interoping With PowerShell CmdLets

I've been writing some utilities that make use of PowerShell Cmdlets for App-V. The interesting part is Microsoft seems to only document the cmdlets and not the .net assemblies used behind the Powershell modules. Now I'm familiar with P/Invoke and…
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Is there an App-V / Docker equivalent for Mac OSX?

Windows has a application-virtualisation tool called App-V. Linux appears to have a similar tool called Docker. My question is - is there a Docker equivalent for MacOS X? (ie without having to spin up a Linux virtual machine on VirtualBox?)
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How do I find where Java is installed on Windows 10?

I recently installed Java (Java Runtime 1.8.121) to my machine. I need to set up JAVA_HOME and set the variable from the Java folder where it installed. Everywhere I have looked online says the Java folder should be located in Program files (x86),…
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Interpret string with batch-style environment variables in Powershell

I have a string including environment variables in batch-style notation (%programdata%\App-V) that I need to evaluate in Powershell. Can the %ENV% notation be easily evaluated in Powershell? I am aware that the usual notation for environment…
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Enterprise deployment of Chrome extension on locked down Windows computers with no internet access to chrome web store

For enterprise-installed Chrome extensions on Windows, is there any alternative deployment methodology which does NOT fetch the extension from the Chrome web store? Situation is that some enterprises use a locked-down network with no external…
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How to get a list of AppV virtual processes using C#

I am trying to get a list of all Virtual Processes started by Microsoft AppV using C#. I tried using Powershell in C# but I get this error: System.Management.Automation.CommandNotFoundException: 'The 'Get-AppvVirtualProcess' command was found in…
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Possibility to run automation tests on virtualized browser

I'm working with automation tests on C# + Selenium WebDriver. I'd like to know if there is any possibility to run tests on virtualized AppV 5.1 browsers (Firefox, Chrome). I've tried to set ChromeOptions.BinaryLocation to chrome.exe under…
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How do I disable the JIT-V messages from appearing in the debugger output?

Something has changed recently on my machine such that I now see lots of .NET JIT-V messages in my Output window while debugging a .NET application. Here's a sample of the sort of output it now shows which I'd like to suppress. JIT-V : Initialize…
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Microsoft App-V and Hardware IDs

I am currently working on a software solution written in C# .NET 4.5. The software uses a licensing system that is based on hardware IDs (for example MAC address or CPU ID). One user now reported that he has issues with the licensing when using the…
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Running gradle test tasks in Microsoft App-V5.1 virtualized environment

I'm very new to App-V, which is evaluated in my office. I have a Selenium test suite written in JUnit5 and can launch it as gradle test task using gradle-wrapper. My final goal is to run this on App-V5.1 virtualized environment, similar as this…
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App-V Calling an Exe in the VMFS due the environment variable

I have two question regarding the latest App-V that comes with Windows 10. I sequenced an application which has the following structure: Program files\OwnApp\run.ps1 Program files\Firefox\firefox.exe Program files\java (some old version) Now, I…
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Remotely delete multiple registry keys in a wildcard folder using powershell?

I am working on a script that will delete App-V keys stored in the registry. When a user opens an application, it creates a key within the following…
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Possible to use PowerShell's Get-AppvClientPackage to list AppV packages on a machine other than my own?

I can use Get-AppvClientPackage -all [| select name] or Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\appv -Class AppvClientPackage [|select name] to list all installed AppV packages installed on my own machine. It doesn't appear to be possible to use this cmdlet…
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Appv 5 MSAccess database is read only

I am currently trying to sequence an MSAccess mdb but the first thing that the application does is remove linked tables and reconnect them. When it tries to do this I get an error saying that the database is read only. I have shared the folder and…
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