Converting to Virtual Formats

In this procedure, you will use Automated Application Converter to convert Windows Installer packages to App-V packages.

Convert to Virtual Formats

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Step

Instructions

Results
1.  

Import candidate packages into Automated Application Converter.

Open Automated Application Converter, open the existing project you created in Configuring a Virtual Machine, and use the Package Import Wizard to add the packages that you identified in Identifying Packages to Virtualize.

Note:For instructions, see Selecting Packages from an AdminStudio Application Catalog.

Packages are listed on the Packages tab.
2.  

Convert to virtual packages.

First. open the Project Options dialog box and make sure that the Package Creation property is set to App-V 4.6 with AdminStudio.

Then, use the Application Conversion Wizard to convert the packages to App-V 4.x applications.

Note:For instructions, see Using the Application Conversion Project Wizard to Perform an End-to-End Conversion.

Important:Make sure that you have already performed the steps in Configuring Virtual Machines before beginning this step.

When conversion is complete, each virtual package is listed in a tree structure under its original package on the Packages tab.
3.  

Test launch virtual packages.

Test the virtual packages by launching them on a virtual machine.

Note:For instructions, see Performing Automated Testing of App-V Packages.

Virtual packages launch successfully.
4.  

Publish virtual packages to Application Catalog.

Import the new virtual packages into the Application Catalog.

Note:For instructions, see Importing a Single Package File.

The virtual packages are listed in the Application Manager tree under their associated Application.

Note:You may need to click Ctrl + R to refresh the Application Catalog tree.