Category: Windows Technologies

Citrix, Windows Technologies

Screencast of Installing and Configuring Citrix AppDNA 7.6

Notes: AppDNA Installer takes around 25 minutes to complete the installation. You need to have either Microsoft SQL or Microsoft SQL Express installed.  You need to have full access on your Database to connect and created the AppDNA DB. If you are manually pre-creating the DB, then ensure you set the DB Collation Options as “Latin1_General_CI_AS” as shown here.  AppDNA requires Complete .Net Framework 3.5 Feature to be installed on your server                                                                                                          . Citrix AppDNA can NOT be installed on Servers that are running Citrix License Server Component                .     Installation Screencast:   Configuration Screencast: Refer to below section which shows […]

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Desktop, Repackaging, Windows Technologies

Fix: Microsoft Office Icons Missing or Replaced with Generic white icons

Scenario: All of sudden you notice that your Microsoft Office Icons are Missing or Replaced with Generic white icons.  You perform Icon cache Rebuild but still issue remains.  Cause: The Office installer places all Office applications Icons in the Windows installer folder.  When this folder becomes missing or unavailable, then Office applications loose icons to show up.  The setting of Icon path is saved in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR) registry as shown below: PS C:\> reg query HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Addin\DefaultIcon HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Addin\DefaultIcon    (Default)    REG_SZ    C:\windows\Installer\{91140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}\xlicons.exe,6 PS C:\> You can also use FileTypesMan utility that will lists all the extensions along with their Default Icon path […]

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Desktop, Repackaging, Windows Technologies

Windows 10 does NOT shutdown or Hibernates after upgrade from Windows 7

Scenario: You have upgraded your Windows 7 system to Windows 10 and since the upgrade you notice that your system does not actually shutdown or hibernate. However, the system Restart and Sleep functions works just fine. Checking in the eventlogs, you notice below messages: Log Name:      SystemSource:        volmgrDate:          5/25/2016 4:54:46 PMEvent ID:      45Task Category: NoneLevel:         ErrorKeywords:      ClassicUser:          N/AComputer:      GovPCDescription:The system could not successfully load the crash dump driver.   Solution: The error message in the log “The system could not successfully load the crash dump driver.” indicates that you have invalid drivers listed for your system that is limiting it […]

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