Recently I run in to this issue App-v apps with the wrong OS tag value how to change this is easy edit the OSD file and your done. but what if you have multiple apps ? or you don’t know what value you need.
Below is a List of supported OSD Tags. as in app-v 4.6
sp1 the second part is for SP2 currently a beta.
| Target OS |
OSD Tag Value |
Minimal App-V Client |
| Windows NT |
<OS VALUE="WinNT"/> |
4.1 |
| Windows 2000 |
<OS VALUE="Win2K"/> |
4.1 |
| Windows 2000 Server |
<OS VALUE="Win2KSvr"/> |
4.1 |
| Windows 2000 Terminal Server |
<OS VALUE="Win2KTS"/> |
4.1 |
| Windows XP |
<OS VALUE="WinXP"/> |
4.1 |
| Windows XP x64 |
<OS VALUE="WinXP64"/> |
4.6 x64 |
| Windows Server 2003 |
<OS VALUE="Win2003Svr"/> |
4.1 |
| Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server |
<OS VALUE="Win2003TS"/> |
4.1 |
| Windows 2003 Terminal Server x64 |
<OS VALUE="Win2003TS64"/> |
4.6 x64 |
| Windows Vista |
<OS VALUE="WinVista"/> |
4.2 |
| Windows Vista x64 |
<OS VALUE="WinVista64"/> |
4.6 x64 |
| Windows 2008 Terminal Server |
<OS VALUE="Win2008TS"/> |
4.5 |
| Windows 2008 Terminal Server x64 |
<OS VALUE="Win2008TS64"/> |
4.6 x64 |
| Windows 7 |
<OS VALUE="Win7"/> |
4.5 sp1 |
| Windows 7 x64 |
<OS VALUE="Win764"/> |
4.6 x64 |
| Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Server x64 |
<OS VALUE="Win2008R2TS64"/> |
4.6 x64 |
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As you can see windows 2012 is currently not in the list. Therefor you need to use the SP2 version.
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/business/archive/2012/03/15/application-virtualization-4-6-service-pack-2-public-beta-released.aspx
App-V 4.6 SP2 Beta RDS Client Supported OS:
- Windows Server 8 Beta
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (RTM or SP1)
- Windows Server 2008 SP2
- Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
Server needs App-V 4.5 SP2.
New OSD tag values in the Sequencer are for Windows 8 / Windows 2012:
- Windows 8 32-bit [OS VALUE = "Win8"]
- Windows 8 64-bit [OS VALUE = "Win864"]
- Windows 8 Terminal Server 64-bit [OS VALUE = "Win8TS64"]
to get some tools to change the OSD tag value :
http://www.klawun.com/appVTools.html
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