Understanding the AutoPublish Feature of XP Mode
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From: Karl E. Peterson on 25 Jan 2010 17:02 Hi -- I'm having some trouble fully understanding the AutoPublish feature of XP Mode. What I thought I understood was, anything added to the AllUsers start menu would show up in the Host start menu. Well, I'm having mixed luck with that. I'm not sure I have the terminology to correctly describe the problem, which leads me to very few clues via Google. For instance, I installed one app, and it put it's start menu entry under AllUsers. Great. That showed up there. I copied the actual application icon up into the general folder, so it's one layer higher, and it shows up just fine. Another app installed it's startup menu in my profile menu. So I moved that to the AllUsers, and again this shows up in the host start menu now. But, if I try to copy the specific application icon to the folder one higher, that doesn't show up in the Host. And, this latest application forced the install of the .NET Framework 1.1, which added two entries to the Administrative Tools startup menu under All Users. Now *these* show up in the Host, but nothing else in that folder does. These rules are baffling. Basically, I thought anything here: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs Would appear in the Host, but that's clearly not the case as much of what Windows itself installs doesn't and some other things don't either. What's the actual rule(s)? To clarify, when above I say "appears in the Host", this is what I see: Start Windows Virtual PC [VM Name] MainApp-1 Adiministrative Tools Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Configuration Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Wizards MainApp-1-StartupFolder MainApp-1 MainApp-2-StartupFolder MainApp-2 I'd like to get an icon for MainApp-2 up there above AdminTools. Shortcuts to both are absolutely, positively here: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs Thanks... Karl -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: RCan on 25 Jan 2010 16:27 Hi Karl, that could help you to bring some lights into the autopublish feature of XP mode -> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee706515%28WS.10%29.aspx In addition there must be also a registry tree which I can't remember right know (have no XP mode machine available for now) where the published application are stored. Regards Ramazan "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote in message news:Ow9FVognKHA.5552(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hi -- > > I'm having some trouble fully understanding the AutoPublish feature of XP > Mode. What I thought I understood was, anything added to the AllUsers > start menu would show up in the Host start menu. Well, I'm having mixed > luck with that. I'm not sure I have the terminology to correctly describe > the problem, which leads me to very few clues via Google. > > For instance, I installed one app, and it put it's start menu entry under > AllUsers. Great. That showed up there. I copied the actual application > icon up into the general folder, so it's one layer higher, and it shows up > just fine. > > Another app installed it's startup menu in my profile menu. So I moved > that to the AllUsers, and again this shows up in the host start menu now. > But, if I try to copy the specific application icon to the folder one > higher, that doesn't show up in the Host. > > And, this latest application forced the install of the .NET Framework 1.1, > which added two entries to the Administrative Tools startup menu under All > Users. Now *these* show up in the Host, but nothing else in that folder > does. > > These rules are baffling. Basically, I thought anything here: > > C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs > > Would appear in the Host, but that's clearly not the case as much of what > Windows itself installs doesn't and some other things don't either. > What's the actual rule(s)? > > To clarify, when above I say "appears in the Host", this is what I see: > > Start > Windows Virtual PC > [VM Name] > MainApp-1 > Adiministrative Tools > Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Configuration > Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Wizards > MainApp-1-StartupFolder > MainApp-1 > MainApp-2-StartupFolder > MainApp-2 > > I'd like to get an icon for MainApp-2 up there above AdminTools. > Shortcuts to both are absolutely, positively here: > > C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs > > Thanks... Karl > > -- > .NET: It's About Trust! > http://vfred.mvps.org > >
From: Karl E. Peterson on 26 Jan 2010 18:40
RCan used his keyboard to write : > Hi Karl, > > that could help you to bring some lights into the autopublish feature of XP > mode -> > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee706515%28WS.10%29.aspx That's a great article! It addressed another problem I had with auxilliary startup apps. So the Run keys in the registry are fired off, but the StartUp menu entries apparently aren't. By design. Good to know! Unfortunately, all the conditions for troubleshooting the missing published app would seem to have been met. :-( > In addition there must be also a registry tree which I can't remember right > know (have no XP mode machine available for now) where the published > application are stored. Interesting. In the guest's registry, or the host? Yes, I'm finding entries under HKCU\Software\Classes, but they don't look to be ones that are easily spoofed. Same with HKCU\Software\Microsoft\VirtualPC\VPCVApps. Damn interesting thought, though! -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org |