Hotfix Package 2 for Microsoft App-V 5.1 and Hotfix Package 3 for Microsoft App-V 5.0 SP3 now available

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Hi everyone, just a quick note to let you know that Hotfix Package 2 for Microsoft Application Virtualization (APP-V) 5.1 and Hotfix Package 3 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) are now available.

For Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.1 RTM, this hotfix package fixes the following issues:

  • Issue 1: The lock on the VFS folder was not getting released when the user logs off from the client service
  • Issue 2: Microsoft Office Click-to-Run apps can't be opened from SharePoint in Internet Explorer. Embedded Office Click-to-Run apps may crash
  • Issue 3: Press and hold (or right-click) app on taskbar, the app icon becomes blank.
  • Issue 4: Provide mitigation for apps which don't handle long paths correctly.
  • Issue 5: Enable users to create multiple instances of Office 2016 Click-to-Run apps.
  • Issue 6: Re-enable APP-V 5.1 Management server address "https://localhost:<port>/packages" and "https://localhost:<port>/packagesummary"
  • Issue 7: The Confirmparameter is ignored when the Groupsparameter is null for Grant-AppvServerPackage command. Use the newly added Forceparameter to avoid the "Confirm Action" dialog.

For Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 SP3, this hotfix package fixes the following issue:

  • Issue 1: Microsoft Office Click-to-Run apps can't be opened from SharePoint in Internet Explorer. Embedded Office Click-to-Run apps may crash.

For complete details as well as a download link, please see the following:

3139245 - Hotfix Package 2 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.1 and Hotfix Package 3 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 SP3 (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3139245)

J.C. Hornbeck, Senior Solution Asset PM
Microsoft Enterprise Cloud Group

Comments

  • Anonymous
    February 23, 2016
    Hi, when mandatory profile used, profile sometimes still not being unloaded during logoff. Tested with 5.1.
  • Anonymous
    February 23, 2016
    Hi, if mandatory profile used, profile is not unloaded properly during logoff. Tested with 5.1 and even with this new hotfix. Profile is hanged in ProfileList registry key. When the key is deleted, profile will finish unloading and cached profile is removed.
  • Anonymous
    February 24, 2016
    I can also confirm the same behaviour that Jozef has mentioned; however AppVClient.exe is correctly (eventually) releasing the lock on the VFS folder - just likely that it's not doing it quick enough for the profile service to clean up the folder structure / ProfileList registry.

    This isn't the end of the world for our setup, as users can successfully log back in without it creating a temporary profile (as was the behaviour before 5.1 HF2). So for us, it's "good enough".
  • Anonymous
    February 29, 2016
    Hi All, We've been experiencing issues on multiple devices running Win 8.1 and 10 with the explorer.exe process preventing from running. This results in a black screen after logon, only salvageable by firing up task manager and killing the appvclient service. On further investigation: removing C:windowsexplorer.exe from the HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftAppVClientVirtualizationEnableDynamicVirtualization key prevents the issue from reoccurring. Has anyone experienced this and what affect does removing the explorer.exe from that reg key have on appv functionality?
  • Anonymous
    March 10, 2016
    Still having issues with the profile being locked on log off, it is much better but it still causes us issues. Will log a call with Microsoft now. Definitely App-V as if I disable the App-V service then the profiles load and unload perfectly. :(
    • Anonymous
      June 10, 2016
      The comment has been removed
  • Anonymous
    April 18, 2016
    Hi,we are planning on rolling out Appv 5.1 Client in our company, and based on the technet article "https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt346482(v=vs.85).aspx" , "KB 2533623" update is one of the pre-reqs for Appv 5.1 Client on Windows 7 SP1 machines. Is this still the latest pre-req or is "KB 2533623" Superseded by any latest KB? please let us know.thanks,vamshi.
  • Anonymous
    May 26, 2016
    Hi,Hotfix downloads seems to not be operational at this moment, someone could have a look pls ? :/Thx
  • Anonymous
    June 15, 2016
    I too still have the issue with the %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Appv\Client\VFS folder being locked by the App-V client on logoff after applying this hotfix.
  • Anonymous
    July 18, 2016
    Having an issue, just downloaded 5.1 HF2 today to troubleshoot an issue but it won’t install, says base product is not installed and log shows;[12BC:116C][2016-07-18T10:21:13]i105: Detected package: CoreX86Patch target: {B2A6CCDE-5E94-43D8-B47E-A455CEF33C4B}, state: AbsentBut 5.1.86.0 IS installed, both installed and functioning (here’s the registered MSI info);HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{B2A6CCDE-5E94-43D8-B47E-A455CEF33C4B} DisplayVersion=5.1.86.05.1 was installed on Windows 7 via WDS deployment, it’s not an upgrade and works fine, been in our environment for many years. Tried to extract MSI from EXE to be sure it’s not an MSI-over-EXE problem and exe launches endless processes but never does anything, seems to be stuck in a loop when run via;AppV5.1RTM_Client_KB3139245.exe /Layout /LayoutDir=”C:\Sequences”Error log indicates;[2230:2234][2016-07-18T10:17:25]e000: Error 0x800700ce: Failed to launch parent process with unelevate disabled: C:\Sequences\App-V 5.1 HF2\AppV5.1RTM_Client_KB3139245.exe [2230:2234][2016-07-18T10:17:25]e000: Error 0x800700ce: Failed to launch unelevated process. [2230:2234][2016-07-18T10:17:25]e000: Error 0x800700ce: Failed to run per-machine mode.I am logged on as an Admin (member of Local Administrators Group).
    • Anonymous
      July 18, 2016
      Never mind, exe (patch) can be extracted on Windows 10 machines and resultant MSO installed just fine...