Hi all,

 

There are some new KB published by Microsoft about application virtualization that should be read from who works with APP-V (formerly SoftGrid)

 

Below there are some brief description about this KB and link with more explanation

 

Many thanks to Microsoft Softgrid Blog for this useful information

KB960782 - When upgrading to Vista SP2 from XP, you may get an Application Compatibility Warning for the Microsoft Application Virtualization Client
SoftGrid for Windows Desktop
EN-US

 

KB960917 - In low memory situations the App-V 4.5 Application Virtualization Client (sftlist.exe) may shutdown
SoftGrid for Windows Desktop
EN-US

 

KB960918 - When launching applications from the Adobe CS3 suite using Application Virtualization 4.5 clients, you may encounter an error: 0xc0150002
SoftGrid for Windows Desktop
EN-US

 

KB960967 - When installing an MSI package created using Application Virtualization 4.5, the Cancel button may not work
SoftGrid for Windows Desktop
EN-US

 

KB961015 - Changes made to File Type Associations in the Application Import wizard in the Application Virtualization 4.5 Management Server MMC do not persist
SoftGrid for Windows Desktop
EN-US

 

KB961016 - In Application Virtualization 4.5, Debug runtime libraries are not captured during Sequencing
SoftGrid for Windows Desktop
EN-US

 

KB961017 - You receive an error "Could not access network location MSIUtility{GUID}" when you uninstall a .MSI package created in earlier versions of Softgrid from a client running App-V 4.5
SoftGrid for Windows Desktop
EN-US

 

KB961089 - The Application Virtualization 4.5 MP for SCOM may not be translated when using Simplified or Traditional Chinese
SoftGrid for Windows Desktop
EN-US

 

KB961096 - In Application Virtualization 4.5, you can not assign a hotkey for virtualized versions of Bookshelf 3.0
SoftGrid for Windows Desktop
EN-US

 

KB961097 - Failure in load or install of MSI Package rolls back Add or Remove Programs but doesn't remove package shortcuts
SoftGrid for Windows Desktop
EN-US

 

KB961098 - Renaming a directory to a different path will not work in Application Virtualization 4.5
SoftGrid for Windows Desktop
EN-US

 

Hi all,

 

Below there are some SoftGrid error that and a little description of the error code, I would publish in my blog a few of these because when install SofGrid/APP-V platform you can find them, and in these description there are a shot description how to resolve them… I hope that this can be useful for all APP-V users and administrators…

 

 

Many than ks to Microsoft SoftGrid blog that have grouped some of these  

 

There are a link to Microsoft knowledge base

 

 

 

SoftGrid Client "Error code: xxxxxx-xxxxxx0A-20000194"

 

When streaming an application, it may fail with the following error code:

 

The SoftGrid Client could not launch {application_name}.
The package requested could not be found in the system data store or the files associated with this package could not be found on the server. Please report the following error code to your System Administrator.
Error code: xxxxxx-xxxxxx0A-20000194

 

The SoftGrid Client log file, sftlog.txt, may also report the following:

 

The SoftGrid client could not connect to stream URL '{protocol}://{server_name}:{port}/{path}/{filename}.sft' (FS status: xxxxxx0A-20000194).
The client was unable to connect to a SoftGrid server (rc xxxxxx0A-20000194)

 

The SoftGrid Virtual Application Server log file, sft-server.log, may report the following:

 

44808 "Unable to locate {provider_policy}."
44811 "Unable to open {path}{filename}.sft."

 

Luckily we have a great Knowledge Base article that will tell you exactly how to resolve this.

 

 

 

SoftGrid Client "Error code: xxxxxx-xxxxxx2A-00002AFC"

 

When streaming an application, it may fail with the following error code:

 

The SoftGrid Client could not launch {application_name}.
The package requested could not be found in the system data store or the files associated with this package could not be found on the server. Please report the following error code to your System Administrator.
Error code: xxxxxx-xxxxxx0A-20000194

 

The SoftGrid Client log file, sftlog.txt, may report the following:

 

The SoftGrid client could not connect to stream URL '{protocol}://{server_name}:{port}/{path}/{filename}.sft' (FS status: xxxxxx0A-20000194).
The client was unable to connect to a SoftGrid server (rc xxxxxx0A-20000194)

 

The SoftGrid Virtual Application Server log file, sft-server.log, may report the following:

 

44808 "Unable to locate {provider_policy}."
44811 "Unable to open {path}{filename}.sft."

 

Here’s a Knowledge Base article that will help resolve that one.

 

 

 

SoftGrid Management Console "Error code: 0000C800"

 

When connecting to the SoftGrid Management Web Service from the SoftGrid Management Console, it may fail with the following error code:

 

Unexpected error occurred.
Please report the following error code to your system administrator.
Error code: 0000C800

 

And here’s your answer, yet again found in a KB article.

 

 

 

SoftGrid Client “Error Code:xxxxxx-xxxxxx2C-800736B1

 

When trying to launch a sequenced application you may receive the following error on the client:

 

The SoftGrid Client could not launch <xxxxx>.
This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
Error code: xxxxxx-xxxxxx2C-800736B1

 

You may also see some of the following events logged in the system log:

 

Source: SideBySide
Event ID: 59
Description: Generate Activation Context failed for <path to exe>. Reference error message: The operation completed successfully.

 

Source: SideBySide
Event ID: 59
Description: Resolve Partial Assembly failed for Microsoft.VC80.MFC. Reference error message: The referenced assembly is not installed on your system.

 

Source: SideBySide
Event ID: 59
Description: Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.MFC could not be found and Last Error was The referenced assembly is not installed on your system.

 

Resolution:

 

This is usually caused because the Visual C++ 2005 runtime or some other similar component is required by the application yet is not installed locally on the client. The logs in the system event log should give you a clue as to what is missing. If you’re trying to sequence an application like this with the current shipping version of SoftGrid, once you’re able to identify the component that is giving you problems simply install it locally on the SoftGrid client computer and the sequenced application should now work. For your reference, the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package can be found here.

 

 

 

SoftGrid Client "Error code: xxxxxx-xxxxxx0A-0000E019

 

When streaming an application, it may fail with the following error code:

 

The SoftGrid Client could not launch {application_name}.
An unexpected error occurred. Please report the following error code to your System Administrator.
Error code: xxxxxx-xxxxxx 0A-0000E019

 

The SoftGrid Client log file, sftlog.txt, may also report the following:

 

The SoftGrid client could not connect to stream URL ' {protocol} :// {server} : {port} / {path} / {filename} .sft' (FS status: xxxxxx 0A-0000E019).
The client was unable to connect to a SoftGrid server (rc xxxxxx 0A-0000E019)

 

Here’s a Knowledge Base article that will help resolve this one.

cheers

Alex

 

Hi all,

 

Finally Microsoft has released Application Virtualization (App-V) version 4.5 to manufacturing. Formerly known as SoftGrid, App-V 4.5.

 

You can find more information on Microsoft web page or Microsoft blog…

 

APP-V (Softgrid) Official web page

 

Or official Microsoft Blog at

 

Or APP-V Blog

 

Cheers

 

Alex

 

Hi all this is a very exciting news for virtualization community!!  

Following some detail:

 

 

·         HTTP streaming. 

·          New Sequencer UI. 

·         Dynamic Suite Composition (DSC) for MSI packages. 

·         Improved integration with SCCM 2007 R2. 

·         Reporting. 

·         New Manageability tools. 

·         Client cache improvements. 

·         New MSI package capability. 

·         Accessibility. 

·         Documentation.  

 

As part of the RC, Microsoft  has updated the online help that is included with the product. In addition, we are releasing a Planning and Deployment Guide and a FAQ for Upgrading to Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5.  

 

Please read all detailed information on Microsoft Softgrid Blog  

 

How to download the RC  

 

Anyone may download the RC via the Microsoft Connect site (http://connect.microsoft.com).

 

 

From Virtualization.info

 

 

The easy to say and to remember SoftGrid product, acquired by Microsoft in 2006, has now two names: the long one, Application Virtualization, and the new short one, App-V.

 

 

The use of category names for a product is already confusing enough: the newest application virtualization product from Microsoft is called Application Virtualization, while the newest virtual machines security wrapper is called Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (formerly Managed Workspaces, acquired from Kidaro in 2008).

 

 

But having two official names is even worse: App-V is a short and easy name which pairs nicely with the upcoming Hyper-V (which should be called HW-V at this point), and may be easily accompanied by a future OS-V (as soon as Microsoft will finally invest in the OS virtualization approach).

 

 

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Jan Van Der Elst and Rodney Medina with Dennis Damen from Login Consultant in Nederlands have build the SoftGrid OSD Editor that is a GUI great tool that allows you to open an existing SoftGrid OSD file and edit it.

This tool permit to works with osd file simply without opening and editind manually with text pad or similar tool with the risk to create erroneous tag or use wrong code in XML style in OSD file.

There are however some fields you cannot edit with the OSD Editor. This is by design: these are fields that should never be edited like for example the GUID of the sequence. Additionally, the SoftGrid OSD Editor also educates you on the meaning of some of the XML tags that can be used in SoftGrid OSD files.  

Now there is new version 2.1, what’s a new?  

They have added Microsoft Application Virtualization (SoftGrid) 4.5 support. One of the major new features in Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 is Dynamic Suiting Composition. Dynamic Suiting makes it possible for virtual applications to interact with each other.  

So the main new feature of the SoftGrid OSD Editor is Dynamic Suiting Composition Support which allows you to easily Add the Dynamic Suiting tags into the SoftGrid OSD file. Just Search for SoftGrid OSD files on the Content Share and add them!    

For Download this tool, and more detail about it, registration is required please go to source here (there are other great SoftGrid tools here)  

Thank you guy!

 Below some pic about this tool, for example the general TAB (fig. 1) where you can insert or modify version, HREF, SFT file and other parameters but not GUID

Otherwise the Dependecies tab (fig. 2) where you can add or customize Dynamic Suiting detailed in my precedent post with links to Blog of Rodney Medina that explain it (the new future in SoftGrid platform 4.5) with a search of OSD file for in the content share for example.