Specifying the App-V Package's Primary Application Directory

AdminStudio 2021 R2 | 22.0 | Automated Application Converter

You can specify the App-V package’s primary application directory on the package’s Properties window.

To specify an App-V package’s supported operating systems, perform the following steps:

To specify an App-V package’s primary application directory:

1. On the Packages tab, select the package you want to edit. Package properties are displayed in the Properties window.
2. In the Properties window, under Microsoft App-V Options (All Versions), set the Primary Application Directory property to one of the following values:
• App-V 5.x conversions using the Sequencer—Specify the absolute folder path to the expected main installation location of the package to be converted. If no value is specified, then the App-V 5.0 package will be created with all files in the virtual file system (VFS) folder.

Important:When you use the App-V 5.x with Sequencer option, it is highly recommended that you enter a value for the Primary Application Directory property. If you do not, then all of the converted files will end up in the virtual file system (VFS) folder.

• App-V 4.x or 5.x conversions using AdminStudio—Specify the main installation directory which will be used to set up the root/mount folder mapping.

For example, for Yahoo Messenger, AdminStudio automatically detects C:\Program Files\Yahoo! as the primary installation directory. However, you may prefer that the primary installation directory be C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger, because this directory is more correct for Messenger.

In this case, you can enter this new path in the Primary Application Directory property field, and it will be honored by the AdminStudio converter as long as this path exists in the Windows Installer Package. If it does not exist, then AdminStudio will fall back to use the directory it found during automatic detection.

Note:When using the App-V 4.x/5.x with AdminStudio package creation options, this field is optional.