Shortcut Menus

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Application Manager

Edition:Application Manager is included with AdminStudio Professional and Enterprise Editions.

Application Manager includes several shortcut menus which can be accessed by right-clicking on nodes on the Products, Merge Modules, and Environment tabs. These menus provide specific functionality in relation to what is clicked and what tab of the ribbon is selected (Home or Analyze).

• Groups and Applications
• Packages
• Package Request

Note:This topic lists the shortcut menu commands available on the Application Manager Products tab. However, commands that are only available on the Environment or Merge Modules tabs are also noted.

Groups and Applications

The shortcut menu that is displayed when a group or application is selected varies depending upon whether the Home tab or the Analyze tab of the ribbon is selected.

Home Tab of Ribbon

When you right-click on a group or application in the Application Manager tree, the following commands are available through the shortcut menu when the Home tab of the ribbon is selected

Group/Application Shortcut Menu Commands / Home Tab

Command

Description

Import / Import Package

Select this option to launch the Import Wizard to import Windows Installer and virtual packages into the Application Catalog.

Distribute Group / Distribute Application

Select to publish an application or group of applications to Configuration Manager. For more information, see Publishing Packages to ConfigMgr (Formerly called as System Center Configuration Manager).

Launch Conversion Wizard

Select to open the Conversion Wizard, where you can upgrade App-V 4.x packages to App-V 5.0 format, or can convert a Windows Installer package to a virtual application. For more information, see Using the Conversion Wizard to Perform Virtualization or Repackaging.

Convert/Repackage

Launch the Conversion Wizard. For more information, see Conversion Wizard.

New Group

Creates a new group within the selected group.

Note:For groups only.

Rename

Allows you to rename the selected group or application.

Copy

Used in conjunction with the Paste command to enable you to share packages with multiple groups. See Copying and Sharing Packages in the Application Catalog.

Note:For applications only.

Paste

Used in conjunction with the Copy command to enable you to share packages with multiple groups. See Copying and Sharing Packages in the Application Catalog.

Note:For applications only.

Delete

Removes the selected group/application from the Application Catalog, including all of its contents.

Find

Select to perform a search for data in the various tables of the Application Catalog. See Searching an Application Catalog for more information.

Properties

Opens the Properties dialog box.

Analyze Tab of Ribbon

When you right-click on a group or application in the Application Manager tree, the following commands are available through the shortcut menu when the Analyze tab of the ribbon is selected:

Group/Application Shortcut Menu Commands / Analyze Tab

Command

Description

Execute Tests

Select to perform application compatibility and best practices testing on the packages in the selected group or application. Tests from the following test groups are run, depending upon the selections made on the Select Tests to Execute dialog box:

• Operating System Compatibility
• Remote Application Publishing Compatibility
• Best Practices
• Risk Assessment
• Application Virtualization Compatibility

Resolve Issues

Select to resolve all detected issues for which an automatic resolution is available.

Launch Conflict Wizard

Select to launch the Conflict Wizard to perform conflict analysis on the packages in the selected group or application. The Conflict Wizard opens directly to the Target Information panel.

Launch Patch Impact Analysis Wizard

Launches the Patch Impact Analysis Wizard, which you can use to identify conflicts between Microsoft operating system patches and packages or OS Snapshots in the Application Catalog.

Packages

The shortcut menu that is displayed when a package is selected varies depending upon whether the Home tab or the Analyze tab of the ribbon is selected.

Home Tab of Ribbon

When you right-click on a package in the Application Manager tree, the following commands are available through the shortcut menu when the Home tab of the ribbon is selected:

Package Shortcut Menu Commands / Home Tab

Command

Description

Reimport Package

Select to reimport the selected package into the Application Catalog.

Customize

Launch the Customization Wizard. For more information, see Customization Wizard.

Convert/Repackage

Launch the Conversion Wizard. For more information, see Conversion Wizard.

Distribute Package

Launch the Distribution Wizard.

Edit MSI with InstallShield

Open this package in InstallShield Editor, where you can directly edit the package.

Note:Supported for Windows Installer packages only.

Create Transform with InstallShield

Create a transform file for the selected package and open it in InstallShield Editor.

Note:Supported for Windows Installer packages only.

Associate with Workflow Manager Workflow Request

Launches the Associate with Workflow Manager Workflow Request dialog box, from which you can pick a package in Workflow Manager with which to associate the extended attribute data for the selected product.

Note:Supported for Windows Installer packages only.

Rename

Rename the selected package.

Delete

When an application is selected, selecting Delete deletes the application and all of its deployment types.

When a Windows Installer or virtual package is selected, you have the following options:

• Package—Removes the product from the current Application.
• Package from all Applications—Removes the package from all Applications and removes it from the Application Catalog.
• All Extended Attributes—Removes all extended attributes from the selected package.
• History Log Information—Removes all change history data for the selected package.
• Package Association—Removes association with Windows Installer package. (Virtual packages only.)

When a patch is selected on the Environment tab, you have the following options:

• Patch 
• Patch from all Groups 
• Patch Impact Data 

When a merge module is selected on the Merge Modules tab, clicking Delete deletes the merge module from the Application Catalog.

Find in Package

Select to perform a search for data in the various tables of the Application Catalog. See Searching an Application Catalog for more information.

Wrap

Launches the Wrap Package Wizard. For more information, see Wrap MSI/EXE Packages Using the Wrap Package Wizard.

Open Package File Location

Select to open the location where the package files are located.

Test on Virtual Machine

Launch the Test on Virtual Machine Wizard. For more information, see Test on Virtual Machine Wizard.

Update Package Info

Select to update the package information.

Analyze Tab of Ribbon

When you right-click on a package in the Application Manager tree, the following commands are available through the shortcut menu when the Analyze tab of the ribbon is selected:

Package Shortcut Menu Commands / Analyze Tab

Command

Description

Execute Tests

Select to perform application compatibility and best practices testing on the selected package. Tests from the following test groups are run, depending upon the selections made on the Select Tests to Execute dialog box:

• Operating System Compatibility
• Best Practices
• Risk Assessment
• Application Virtualization Compatibility
• Remote Application Publishing Compatibility

Resolve Issues

Select to resolve all detected issues for which an automatic resolution is available.

Launch Conflict Wizard

Launches the Conflict Wizard directly to the Target Information panel.

Launch Patch Impact Analysis Wizard

Launches the Patch Impact Analysis Wizard, which you can use to identify conflicts between Microsoft patches and packages and OS Snapshots in your Application Catalog.

Generate Report

Select to generate a Patch Report for that patch.

Note:Available only when an OS security patch is selected on the Environment tab.

Package Request

Important:On Version in Catalog and Version in Package Feed columns, context menu options are not available.

When you right-click on a package request in the Backlog tab, the following options are available through the context menu:

Package Shortcut Menu Commands / Backlog Tab

Command

Description

Execute

Select Execute to take the latest version of the package in Package Feed Module through all the pre-configured actions for package automation. For more information, see Matching the Applications.

Note:This option will be enabled when the package node is selected in the Version in Package Feed column.

Customize

Launches the Customization Wizard. For more information, see Customization Wizard.

Edit

Select Edit to modify values of the selected package request. For more information, see Editing a Package Request in the Backlog Tab.

Mark as Success

Select Mark as Success to change the package request status to Success.

Clear Matching

Select Clear Matching to clear the current matches in Version in Catalog and Version in Package Feed Module columns for the selected package request.

Remove

Select to remove the selected package request from the Backlog Tab.

Add

Select to add a new package request to the Backlog tab.

Note:This option can be seen only on the empty grid.