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App-V test streaming utility: Streamer.vbs

Posted on January 12, 2011 by benc

I wrote this utility to speed up the testing of App-V packages. The idea is that you sequence your package, then instead of having to add it the App-V server/add it to SCCM/install the auto-generated MSI you can just right-click one of the OSD files and choose to install or remove the App-V package.

Download: http://blog.bencook.net/files/Streamer.vbs

Features:

• Win XP/Vista/7 x86 and x64 compatible
• Can be run as normal (non-admin) user and the script will prompt for admin credentials as needed.
• Can be run on clients where the App-V server is managing App-V apps, or SCCM is managing App-V apps (when SCCM manages the App-V apps the App-V client is reconfigured to use different exes to manage the local App-V packages)
• Adds right-click ‘Add’, ‘Remove’ and ‘Edit’ menus to OSD files (Edit opens the OSD in notepad.exe)
• Supports adding/deleting packages from UNC or mapped drive, or from local source.

Usage:

• Right click OSD file, ‘Add’ to add package. Note that the script will check if the package is installed before it adds it. If it is, it removes it first.
• Right click OSD file, ‘Remove’ to remove package.
• Right click OSD file, ‘Edit’ to open the file in notepad.

Alternative method for adding/removing apps:

• Add package – Drag any file in the App-V package folder onto the script.
• Remove package – Drag the parent folder onto the script.

Log file: %TEMP%\Streamer.log

It goes without saying that script is for test purposes only, and should be used on machines (ideally virtual) which can be easily reverted in case of problems.