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About User Maintenance of Virtual Software
Packages
About the Altiris SVS Applet
Updating the SVS Driver
Wise Virtual Package Editor Reference
writeable sublayer. If Firefox becomes damaged and is reset, the application is returned
to its original state (read-only sublayer) and the data in the writeable sublayer is lost.
If you use the Releases page to create a WiseScript-based installation for a Virtual
Software Package (VSP), an end user can use Add/Remove Programs to remove or
repair the VSP. The end user has the following options when they click the Change/
Remove button on Add/Remove Programs:
Remove
Repair
Note
If you use SetupCapture to capture an application, use the Registry page to delete any
uninstall registry keys. Uninstall registry keys can cause the Change/Remove button to
not appear with the application in the Add/Remove Programs list.
The Altiris SVS applet is installed when you install Wise Package Studio. It is available
from the Windows Control Panel and lets you import, export, and manage Virtual
Software Packages (VSPs).
When you create a layer and the output is a virtual software layer, the layer appears in
the Altiris SVS applet as soon as it is created. From the Altiris SVS applet, you can
export a layer to an archive file, which is a portable layer.
To access help for the Altiris SVS applet, open the applet and press F1.
See also:
About Virtual Software Package Formats
About Virtual Software Package Archive Types
If an updated version of the SVS Driver (Software Virtualization Agent) exists, you can
download it from the Help menu of Virtual Package Editor. This downloads and installs
the full version of the SVS Driver and some other SVS related files. Wise Package Studio
uses this full version for its features that use SVS functionality.
To update the SVS Driver
In Virtual Package Editor, select Help > Download and install latest SVS...
If an updated version of the SVS Driver exists, it and related files are downloaded
and installed on your computer.
Introducing Wise Virtual Package Editor
Deletes the SVS layer along with the VSP.
Resets the SVS layer and returns the application to its
original state. Any customization that the end user made to
the application is lost when the layer is reset.
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