Registry View

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Virtual Package Editor

The Registry view enables you to define registry keys, values, and data for your App-V package. This view also lets you configure isolation options for selected registry keys. Isolation options indicate how the isolation environment provides access to system resources that the application needs: you can choose to override one or more keys on the client system, or you can choose to create a merged view of one or more keys for the virtual environment.

Note that the registry entries that are configured in the Registry view affect only the application in your App-V package. They do not affect any other App-V packages that are streamed to the Application Virtualization Client, and they do not affect any products that are installed to the client system.

Icons in the Registry View

The Registry view uses different icons to help you distinguish between different types of registry entries. Following is a list of the possible icons in the Registry view.

Icons in the Registry View
Icon	Description
	This icon identifies for the root node—the Registry explorer. This icon also identifies the MACHINE and USER predefined keys.
	This icon identifies a registry key.
	This icon identifies a registry key that is configured to override the registry content on the physical client system.
	This icon identifies a REG_NONE, REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ, or REG_MULTI_SZ registry value.
	This icon identifies a REG_BINARY, REG_DWORD, or REG_QWORD registry value.

Settings in the Registry View

The Registry view contains the registry entries that are configured for your App-V package. When you select a registry key or value in the Registry view, the following settings are available.

Registry Key and Value Settings in the Registry View

Setting

Description

Name

Enter the name of the selected registry key or value.

Value Data

Enter the data for the selected registry value, or (for a registry key) enter the data for the selected key’s default value.

Value Type

Select the appropriate type of registry data for the selected registry entry.

If you select the REG_QWORD type, ensure that the operating system of the client system supports it.

This setting applies to registry values; it does not apply to registry keys. The default value of a registry key is always the REG_SZ type of value.

Isolation

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

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Override—The App-V application sees the registry content that is inside the App-V package for this key and all subkeys. Thus, the application does not see any registry content from the physical client system.

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Merge—The App-V application sees a merged view of the registry content inside the App-V package and of the registry content on the physical client system. If the registry key has subkeys on the physical client system but not in the App-V package, these keys are merged into the registry view that is available to the App-V application. However, registry values that are on the physical client system and that are in registry keys that also exist in the App-V package are not merged into the App-V application’s registry view.

Tip:If your virtual package includes a registry key that has multiple subkeys whose Isolation setting should be configured with the same value, you can quickly change the value of the Isolation setting for all of that key’s subkeys simultaneously. You can also quickly configure the Isolation setting for all of the subkeys that belong to multiple parent keys. To learn how, see Configuring the Isolation Setting for All of the Subkeys Under One or More Keys.

This setting applies to registry keys; it does not apply to registry values.