Hotfix package name: DStudioWX86_7_9_001.zip
For: Citrix Studio 7.9. For operating system requirements, see System Requirements on the Citrix Product Documentation site.
Replaces: None
Date: August, 2016
Languages supported: English (US), French (FR), German (DE), Japanese (JA), Spanish (ES), Simplified Chinese (SC)
Readme version: 1.00

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Important Notes about This Release

Caution! This release may require you to edit the registry. Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Citrix cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

Known Installation/Uninstallation Issues

If Citrix Studio is open during an upgrade, if you select the setting "Close the applications and attempt to restart them" on the Files in Use page of the installation wizard of this hotfix, the following message might appear:
"Setup was unable to automatically close all requested applications. Please ensure that the applications holding files in use are closed before continuing with the installation."
If the message appears, you can safely close the message and click OK to continue with the installation.

Important Disclaimer - Limited Release Hotfix

If the Download link is not available on this page and you wish to obtain this limited distribution release, visit our support site at http://www.citrix.com/support and open a support case using your Citrix account credentials, or contact your reseller at http://www.citrix.com/partners/locator.

Testing of this release was targeted only at the affected functionality, and regression and stress testing were minimal. Introduce this release to a test environment for evaluation before deploying it to a production environment.

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Where to Find Documentation

This document describes the issue(s) resolved by this release and includes installation instructions. For additional product information, including supported operating systems and system requirements, see XenApp and XenDesktop 7.9 on the Citrix Product Documentation site.

New Fixes in This Release

1. When you close and then attempt to reopen an instance of Version 7.9 of Citrix Studio that is configured with App-V servers containing many packages, Studio remains in an expanding state and fails to open.

   [From DStudioWX86_7_9_001][#LC5643]

Fixes from Replaced Hotfixes

No hotfixes were replaced by this release.

Installing and Uninstalling this Release

Notes:

• Citrix Studio must be closed before installing or uninstalling this hotfix.
• This release is packaged as a .zip file containing the replacement DStudioWX86_7_9_001.msi file. For more information about deploying msi files, see Microsoft article 884016 or visit the Microsoft Web site and search on keyword msiexec.
• Caution: Downgrades, also known as rollbacks, from this upgrade are not supported and might leave your systems in an unstable state. This upgrade does not patch the existing installation - it fully replaces it with a new installation. As a result, uninstalling this package removes the entire component from the computer. If the need arises to revert to an earlier version of the product, you must uninstall this package and then reinstall the earlier version of the product. Reverting to an earlier version of the product might result in the loss of settings you configure while this upgrade is installed.
• If the need arises to restore the original settings and functionality provided by this hotfix, you must uninstall the hotfix before reinstalling it according to the installation instructions below.
• To install this package successfully, servers must not have registry modification restrictions in place.
• This hotfix might or might not prompt you to restart the server when the installation or uninstallation is complete. You must restart the server for the installation to complete.

To install this hotfix:

1. Copy the file to a shared folder on the network.
2. Extract the compressed file and save the DStudioWX86_7_9_001.msi file on the computer you want to update.
3. Run the .msi file.
4. Restart the computer.

To uninstall this hotfix:

1. From the Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel, double-click Programs and Features.
3. Highlight the hotfix you want to remove and click Uninstall.
4. Follow the directions on-screen.