Files and Folders View

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Virtual Package Editor

The Files and Folders view is where you specify the files and folders that are in the App-V package. This includes folders and files that are in the App-V package’s root folder, the virtual file system (VFS) folder, and the SoftGridUserSettings folder. This view also lets you extract folders and files from the App-V package file (.sft) to a location that you specify.

Icons in the Files and Folders View

The Files and Folders view uses different icons to help you distinguish between different types of files and folders. Following is a list of the possible icons in the Files and Folders view.

Icons in the Files and Folders View
Icon	Description
	This icon identifies a folder.
	This icon identifies that the folder’s Isolation setting is set to Override. This means that the App-V application sees only the file content of the folder that is inside the App-V package. For an App-V 5.x package, this setting is inherited by all subfolders. If this folder’s Isolation property was set to Merge instead, the App-V application would see a merged view of the file content inside the App-V package and of the file content of the corresponding folder on the physical client system, and no overlay icon would appear on top of the folder icon.
	This icon identifies a file.
	This icon identifies a font file.

Settings in the Files and Folders View

When you select a file or folder in the Files and Folders view, the following settings are available.

File and Folder Settings

Setting

Description

Name

Enter the name of the file or folder in the App-V package.

Short File Name

Enter the name of the file or folder using the 8.3 format.

Path

This read-only setting shows the location of the file or folder in the App-V package.

Isolation

Specify whether you want the selected folder in the App-V package to override the corresponding folder on the client system. Available options are:

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Override—The App-V application sees only the file content of the folder that is inside the App-V package. For an App-V 5.x package, this setting is inherited by all subfolders. Overriding the isolation setting is also referred to as “Fully Virtualized”.

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Merge—The App-V application sees a merged view of the file content inside the App-V package and of the file content of the corresponding folder on the physical client system.

Note:This setting applies only to folders and not to files.

Note:For App-V 4.x packages, setting this option to Override automatically sets the read-only VFS Path setting, and setting this option to Merge automatically clears the VFS Path setting.

Size

This read-only setting shows the size of the file.

This setting applies to files; it does not apply to folders.

Attributes

To set various attributes for the selected file or folder, use the following settings:

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Read-Only—Specify whether the file is read-only—protected from being changed or accidentally deleted.

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Hidden—Specify whether the file or folder is visible in directory listings when default folder viewing options are enabled.

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System—Specify whether the file or folder is a system file or folder that the operating system uses.

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Archive—Specify whether the file or folder should be archived. Some applications use this attribute to determine whether to back up a file or folder.

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Normal—Specify whether the file should have its other attributes configured. Selecting True for this setting is valid only if False is selected for the other True-False attributes.

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Not Content-Indexed—Specify whether you want to avoid indexing the contents of the file or folder for faster searching.

Created

This read-only setting shows the date and time when the file or folder was created.

Modified

This read-only setting shows the date and time when the file or folder was last modified.

Source Path

If the file has not yet been saved as part of the App-V package, this read-only setting shows the fully qualified path of the source file.

This setting applies to files; it does not apply to folders.

Specify whether you want the font to be registered in the virtual environment.

Feature Block 1

Specify whether the file is part of the primary feature block, the part of the App-V package that is required to start the application.

This setting applies to files; it does not apply to folders.

GUID

This read-only setting shows the globally unique identifier (GUID) that is associated with the file or folder.

Package Version

For a file, this read-only setting shows the version number of the App-V package that corresponds with the last time that the file was modified.

For any folder other than the root folder, this read-only setting shows the latest version number of the App-V package.

Data Type

Specify the data type of the file or folder. Available options are:

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Application Data—Changes to the file or folder are saved for all users of the App-V package on the client system.

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User Data—Changes to the file or folder are saved for only the logged-on user.

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Unspecified—The data type of the file or folder is not configured.

VFS Path

This read-only setting contains the path that is used by the App-V client to overlay the virtual file or folder onto the corresponding physical location. It is always set for files that are inside of the VFS folder. And it is set for folders found inside the VFS folder only when the folder’s Isolation setting has been set to Override. This indicates that the folder should be fully virtualized.