A colleague of mine asked me to write a script with the Active Directory users with an account about to expire. So I created this script for him:
Account with an expiry date.
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Nov 25 2018
Improved script to migrate users from Windows 7 to Windows 10 automatically
In my article, I wrote about a script to perform a user migration. In the meantime, that script has been improved to perform a more efficient and errorless migration.
The following improvements have been implemented:
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Sep 12 2018
Migrate users from Windows 7 to Windows 10 automatically
For a migration from Windows 7 to Windows 10 it is needed to do the following with the users’ account:
- Move it to a different OU
- Add it to a new VDI group
- Add it to the new application groups
- Remove it from the previous application groups
- Clear the profile path, if needed.
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Aug 04 2018
Inventory the directory access rights on file servers
During the migration, it was needed to inventory the directory access on several file servers. So we could easily monitor the access rights on several directories on the file servers. Some applications are started from a UNC path. So we could add the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ group and check if that has been done properly.
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Aug 04 2018
Modify the users’ profile path in Active Directory
Profile path in AD.
The customer I am working for asked me to write a script that removes the profile path from the users’ profile in Active Directory. One of the requirements was to do it on a batch-by-batch basis. Thus not a big bang.
I decided to write a PowerShell script and use a .csv file as the input. The results should be written to a log file.
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Jun 02 2018
Unable to create an App-V 5.0 package from an Office 365 installation source
While creating an App-V 5.0 package from an Office 365 installation source, you might see this error:
The ‘flattener.log’ gives the following information:
Flattener.exe : ERROR : | 6/2/2018 1:29:18 PM | P:444 | T:1 | Packaging FAILED: The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007139F)
Exception (outer): The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007139F)
ST (outer): at Microsoft.ApplicationVirtualization.Packaging.PackagingEngine.b__14(Exception exception)
at Microsoft.ApplicationVirtualization.Packaging.ExceptionGuard`1.Guard(Action logStart, Action execute, Action logEnd, Action`1 exceptionAction)
The issue is that you are logged on with an account name that has more than 8 characters. There are two possible solutions:
- create an account name that has 8 characters or less… Make sure the newly created account name is a member of the local group administrators.
- create C:\TEMP and assign the environment variable %TEMP% to it.
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May 10 2018
AppV 5.0 Exclusion File
If you have to exclude the same entries every time, you can put them in a template. This is the template I use all the time.
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Jan 11 2018
Cannot edit the object which is in use as SCCM blocks an application
You might have had this earlier: editing an application in SCCM 2012, the SCCM console crashes. And when you want to continue, you get the error: The following objects are not available and wil not be edited.
In this article, I will describe 2 solutions.
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Jan 09 2018
Current list of App-V 5.x file versions
An overview of the AppV 5.x versions and its release date.
| Title | Build version | KB article | Release date |
| App-V 5.1 September 2016 servicing release | 5.1.115.0 | 3168628 | 09/22/16 |
| App-V 5.1 HF05 | 5.1.108.0 | 3172672 | 07/13/16 |
| App-V 5.1 June 2016 servicing release | 5.1.106.0 | 3155806 | 06/20/2016 |
| App-V 5.1 HF03 | 5.1.104.0 | 3144445 | 04/20/2016 |
| App-V 5.1 HF02 | 5.1.101.0 | 3139245 | 01/29/2016 |
| App-V 5.1 HF01 | 5.1.99.0 | 3115834 | 11/23/2015 |
| App-V 5.1 RTM | 5.1.86.0 | About 5.1 | 8/17/2015 |
| App-V 5.0 SP3 HF03 | 5.0.10345.0 | 3172672 | 6/23/16 |
| App-V 5.0 SP3 HF02 | 5.0.10321.0 | 3060458 | 4/22/2015 |
| App-V 5.0 SP3 HF01 | 5.0.10315.0 | 3039022 | 2/10/2015 |
| App-V 5.0 SP3 | 5.0.10107.0 | About SP3 | 10/30/2014 |
| App-V 5.0 SP2 HF05 | 5.0.3404.0 | 2963211 | 05/22/2014 |
| App-V 5.0 SP2 HF04 | 5.0.3400.0 | 2956985 | 04/24/2014 |
| App-V 5.0 SP2 HF02 | 5.0.3384.0 | 2934349 | 02/28/2014 |
| App-V 5.0 SP2 HF01 | 5.0.3381.0 | 2921362 (withdrawn) | 01/30/2014 |
| App-V 5.0 SP2 | 5.0.3361.0 | About SP2 | 12/02/2013 |
| App-V 5.0 SP1 HF04 | 5.0.1224.0 | 2940354 | 03/31/2014 |
| App-V 5.0 SP1 HF03 | 5.0.1219.0 | 2897085 | 10/07/2013 |
| App-V 5.0 SP1 HF02 | 5.0.1218.0 | 2897087 | 10/07/2013 |
| App-V 5.0 SP1 HF01 | 5.0.1211.0 | 2873465 | 08/08/2013 |
| App-V 5.0 SP1 | 5.0.1104.0 | 2804622 | 01/18/2013 |
| App-V 5.0 HF01 | 5.0.515.0 | 2799153 | 12/28/2012 |
| App-V 5.0 RTM | 5.0.285.0 | About App-V 5.0 | 11/1/2012 |
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Oct 23 2017
Oracle Java, ruleset.xml and signing deploymentruleset.jar
Since Java 7 Update 51 Oracle has tighten the Java security. From now on only predefined sites are allowed to run, otherwise users will get all kind of warnings.
Fortunately the most warnings can be suppressed. In this article I will describe what admins can do.
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