Application Isolation... but no exe file

[tacoygol]

Hey,

While repackaging software for deployment through Active Directory, we encountered some applications with conflicting dll versions.

We would like to run the Application Isolation Wizard and create manifests to isolate the dlls in question, but.... our msi files don't install any executables. (That is: we select as our installation directory a network drive -say 'Z:\'- and we build msi containing only local files and machine registry keys -Z:\ doesn't get scanned in the snapshot, only the local hard drive-).

Is there a way to isolate the dlls scanned without having the .exe file in the msi?

Thanks for your help,

[Christopher_Pai]

Manifests only work for EXE's on XP. In your circumstance its your approach is going to depend on what kind of DLL your talking about. Standard, COM or .NET? You have to keep in mind what calling process is using the DLL and what it's LoadLibrary path is. Also if it's COM you have to keep in mind how did the DLL register itself. Did it register with an Absolute path so when the ProgID is invoked it'll go find a specific copy, or was it registered with relative path so LoadLibrary path will take over and find the one your looking for? For that matter, is there even binary compatibility COM registration between the two different DLL's? Sorry this is a fairly complex discussion that requires examining of the actual component resources to decide how to proceed.

[tacoygol]

Would it be better to forget manifests then and go to good old dll/com redirection? (that is: create a 0 byte Appexe.local file on the network location where the software is installed and place the conflicting dll files on that directory, so that the application reads those first)

Would I have to change anything on the msi file that was repackaged before those modifications? Would registration be affected?

Thanks for your help,

[jack123]

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[Christopher_Pai]

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[Christopher_Pai]

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