Selecting the Releases for Which You Want to Build App-V Packages

AdminStudio 2025 R2 | 30.0 | Microsoft App-V Assistant

You select the releases that you want to build an App-V package for on the Releases tree of the Build Options page.

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If you are editing a Windows Installer package (Direct Edit Mode) or transform file (Direct MST Mode), the Releases tree on the Build Options page is not displayed.

To select releases to build:

In the Microsoft App-V Assistant, open the Build Options page.
Select the releases in the Releases tree that you want to build an App-V package for.
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When you select a release on the Build Options page, you are specifying that whenever you build that particular release, you want to also build an App-V package for that release. However, the releases that are selected on the Build Options page have no bearing upon which release is built when you click the Build button on the toolbar. When you initiate a build by clicking the Build button, a build is initiated for the active release—the release that was most recently selected on the Installation Designer Releases view. The output of that build would depend upon what releases were selected on the Build Options page:
- Active release selected—A Windows Installer package and an App-V package would be built.
- Active release not selected—Only a Windows Installer package would be built.