App-V 5.0 Standalone – How to Activate Deployment Scripts

This is the walk-through in preparation for demonstrations from my Microsoft Master webcast on App-V 5.0 scripting.  For the full webcast information, visit https://t3chn1ck.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/playback-of-microsoft-master-app-v-5-0/.

This demo will show how to “activate” a deployment script (which may contain either user or global/PC scripts) that you may have added to the DeploymentConfig.xml of an App-V package.

1. In your the App-V web console, locate the package and click Edit
2. For the deployed user or computer group, click Edit Default Config
   Note: do not select the drop-down option for “Custom” as this is only for activating UserScripts
3. On the Default Configuration pane, select Advanced from the left-side menu, the click Import and Overwrite this Configuration
4. Locate and open the DeploymentConfig.xml
   Important: due some irregularities with Silverlight, after opening the XML, the console may revert back to the main package administration pane.  You’ll need to navigate back to the Advanced configuration (e.g. repeat steps 1-3 above).
5. In the window, select to Overwrite the configuration