In this post I am going to create a package accelerator and test the output by creating a virtual package with the accelerator. We create a Package Accelerator so we do not need to reinvent the application settings when recreating the package.

I am not going to create a virtual package (App-V) necessary for the creation of the CAB file, I assume you know how to create a app-v package.

Create a App-V Package Accelerator

Pre-requisites:

• The virtual package of the application where we are going to create the accelerator for.
• The local installation of the application where we are going to create the accelerator for.

Click Tools, Create Package Accelerator
Click Browse and select the virtual package that we are going to use.
Select Files installed on local system
Click Next
Select Remove from files Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Select a rtf file with the description. Click Next
Click Create
Click Close
The package accelerator is created.
Contents of the CAB file

Testing the App-V Package Accelerator by creating a package

Pre-requisites:

• The Package Accelerator CAB file
• The local installation of the application where we are going to create the virtual package for.

Select Create a Virtual Application Package
Click Browse and select the CAB file
Click Next
The CAB file is not signed, click Run
Click Next
Make sure all the pre-requisites are installed so the package will work. Click Create
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Run All Click Next
Click Close
The package is created.

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