File Mapping Dialog Box

InstallShield 2024 » Microsoft App-V Assistant

Edition:The Microsoft App-V Assistant is included in the Premier Edition of InstallShield.

The File Mapping dialog box lets you specify how you want to store the files in your App-V package. It also lets you indicate whether you want to allow write access to the virtual file system.

To launch the File Mapping dialog box, click the File Mapping link in the More Options area on the Files page. This dialog box displays the current primary application directory setting (if one has already been specified).

The following settings are available on the File Mapping dialog box.

File Mapping Dialog Box Settings

Setting	Description
Specify how files are stored in this package	Select the appropriate option: • Map all files into the virtual file system (VFS)—This option matches the behavior that was introduced in the Sequencer for App-V 5 SP3. This support is available for App-V 4.x and 5.x packages. • Specify a primary application directory. Files and folders that are descendants of this directory will be mapped to the root folder—To use a primary application directory, select this option and then optionally specify the application directory that contains most of the files in the App-V packages. To specify the application directory, click the ellipsis button (...). When you do so, the Browse for Directory dialog box opens, listing all of the currently available destination directories for this App-V package. If you leave the application directory field blank, the directory is determined automatically at run time. To learn how, see Specifying the Primary Application Directory. At run time when the App-V package is loaded, the directory and its contents are mounted to the App-V virtual drive. This is the default option.
Allow full write permission to the VFS	If you want an App-V 5.x package that you are creating to have full write permissions to the virtual file system (VFS), select this check box. Selecting this check box may be useful for sequencing third-party applications.