Handling App-V Sequencer exclusions

As we've seen earlier, the App-V Sequencer needs to monitor specific data and directories to capture the application installation and, in this process, it also needs to exclude several directories to avoid unnecessary data as well as computer/user data.

The App-V Sequencer installation includes the default list for Exclusion Items, which it applies every time.

Microsoft's Network Monitor 3.4 is a good example of an application that requires editing of the App-V Sequencer Exclusion Items. Normally, this application is sequenced without any issue, but as soon as we start the virtualized package, we receive the error Failed to load NPL script.

In this example, the App-V Sequencer ignored a few files that are required for the application to function properly.

Note

We will review, in Chapter 5, Troubleshooting App-V, the normal process for finding these errors and the specific directory or files ignored by the App-V Sequencer, using Microsoft Sysinternal's Process...