Shortcut Menus

AdminStudio 2021 | 21.0 | 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

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.

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
• Browser 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.

Refresh Package Auto Import

Rather than waiting until the next scheduled automatic update is performed, select this option to manually re-import a Windows Installer or App-V package that is being monitored in a Remote Application Catalog.

Note:Supported for Windows Installer packages only.

Distribute Package

Launch the Distribution Wizard.

Dependency Wizard

Launch the Dependency Wizard. For more information, see Specifying Package Dependencies Deployment Data.

Note:Supported for Windows Installer packages only.

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.

Edit with Virtual Package Editor

Open this App-V package in Virtual Package Editor, where you can view and edit package data.

Note:Supported for App-V packages only.

Associate Package

Manually associate a virtual package with its source Windows Installer package. See Associating a Virtual Package with its Source Windows Installer Package.

Note:Supported for App-V packages only.

Get Package To

Use to get a copy of the virtual package from the Software Repository to a location you specify.

Note: Supported for virtual 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.

Check Out

Check out the package from the Software Repository.

Check In As

Check in the package to the Software Repository as either a new package version or overwriting the existing version.

Cancel Check Out

Cancel the check out of the package from the Software Repository.

Get Latest Version

Select if you want to get a copy of a package that is in the Software Repository, but you do not want to check it out,. The package and all of its associated files will then be copied to the user’s profile directory.

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

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

Import Merge Module

Launches the Import Wizard directly to the MSM Source Information panel.

Note:Available when you select the root-level Merge Modules node or an individual merge module in the Merge Modules tab.

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
• Browser 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.