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App-V 5.1 Hotfix 2 and 5.0 SP3 Hotfix 3 Now Available

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App-V 5.1 Hotfix 2 and 5.0 SP3 Hotfix 3 are available now and referenced in the same KB article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3139245

Full details, download and testing recommendations are available at the link above.

For Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.1 RTM, this hotfix package fixes the following issues:

  • Issue 1
    The lock on the VFS folder was not getting released when the user logs off from the client service
  • Issue 2
    Microsoft Office Click-to-Run apps can't be opened from SharePoint in Internet Explorer. Embedded Office Click-to-Run apps may crash
  • Issue 3
    Press and hold (or right-click) app on taskbar, the app icon becomes blank.
  • Issue 4
    Provide mitigation for apps which don't handle long paths correctly.
  • Issue 5
    Enable users to create multiple instances of Office 2016 Click-to-Run apps.
  • Issue 6
    Re-enable APP-V 5.1 Management server address "https://localhost:<port>/packages" and "https://localhost:<port>/packagesummary"
  • Issue 7
    The Confirmparameter is ignored when the Groupsparameter is null for Grant-AppvServerPackage command. Use the newly added Forceparameter to avoid the "Confirm Action" dialog.

For Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 SP3, this hotfix package fixes the following issue:

  • Issue 1
    Microsoft Office Click-to-Run apps can't be opened from SharePoint in Internet Explorer. Embedded Office Click-to-Run apps may crash.