Friday, January 29, 2010

Sequencing Google Chrome




After trying unsuccessfully to Sequence Google Chrome several times, I have finally figured out the recipe.
The SCCM Advertisement Report for would report success with a last status message stating "Virtual application package registration succeeded"; however, when launching the application on the workstation I would get Error code: xxxxxx-xxxxxx24-0000010B  "The directory name is invalid".  A number of on-line sources mentioned to edit the .osd file and change the working directory or to look for short file names.  None of these led to anything helpful.  But, thanks to the instructions laid out here (http://blogs.ethz.ch/jlaville/2009/01/18/how-to-sequence-google-chrome-for-app-v-45/#comment-4998 I was able to get it properly sequenced.  Here's the general recipe:
  1. Copy install media to c:\Install\
  2. Create Q:\Chrome.001
  3. Run Sequencer
  1. New Package
  1. Package Name = Chrome.001
  2. Click Begin Monitoring and select Q:\Chrome.001 when prompted
  3. Install Google Chrome
  1. Close Chrome and then stop the GoogleCrashHandler.exe process.
  1. Move install to Q:\ (This needs to be done because App-V applications need to be installed to Q:\, but Google Chrome installs to the User profile.  Thus to properly capture the install we need to move the files.
  1. Move %username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google to Q:\Chrome.001\Google
  2. Modify Chrome Shortcuts to point to the new Q:\ location
  1. Launch and Close Chrome
  2. Stop Monitoring

1 comment:

  1. Hi,
    i have problems bei installing it.
    I can run the app and run add, but nothing apears under the Relaunch-folder.
    Any idea? Free SMS Spy Software

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