Excluding Vs. Deleting App-V Application Shortcuts; Renaming An App-V Application; Modifying App-V Application Registry Settings; About The Windows Registry - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Excluding vs. Deleting App-V Application Shortcuts

To prevent a shortcut from being created in the App-V application, you can choose to either delete or exclude it,
depending upon whether you want it to remain in the InstallShield project.
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Excluding a
remain in the InstallShield project. This means that the shortcut would be included in the Windows Installer
package that is built from this InstallShield project. See
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Deleting a
InstallShield project. This means that the shortcut would also be deleted from the Windows Installer package
that is built from this InstallShield project. See

Renaming an App-V Application

To rename an App-V application, perform the following steps:
Task: To rename an App-V application:
1. Open the Applications page. All of the shortcuts that exist in the project are listed.
2. Select the shortcut that you want to rename and click Rename. A box appears around the shortcut name, and
the shortcut name becomes an editable field.
3. Enter a new name for the shortcut.

Modifying App-V Application Registry Settings

Using the Microsoft App-V Assistant, you can view existing registry keys, values, and data, and add or delete
registry items in your App-V application.
You can also set isolation options for selected registry keys. Isolation options specify how the isolation environment
will provide access to system resources requested by the application.
Information about modifying registry settings on the Registry page includes the following topics:
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About the Windows Registry

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Adding or Deleting Registry Keys and Values
About the Windows Registry
The Windows registry is a system-wide database that contains configuration information used by applications and
the operating system. The registry stores all kinds of information, including the following:
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Application information such as company name, product name, and version number
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Path information that enables your application to run
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shortcut—When you exclude a shortcut, it will not be created in the App-V application, but it will
shortcut—When you delete a shortcut, it is removed from both the App-V application and the
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Excluding an App-V
Deleting an App-V Application.
Creating Microsoft App-V Applications
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