App-V packages won't run until they are fully download - App-V 5.0 SP2

Question

Hey guys
we're using App-V 5.0 in our Pooled VDI environment
we waited for HF4 for a long time to be able to upgrade from SP1 to SP2
now we have a new Base Image with that client and with %APPDATA% folder redirection (unlike the Base Image with SP1 client that the %APPDATA% is local
we're facing a weird issue that I couldn't find any solution for it
When user logs on to the SP2 HF4 image, it takes FOREVER until we see App-V package shortcuts and can start using them (Some of the packages are a few GBs).
Finally when the packages fully arrive I see on the App-V Client UI that the package is ready for offline use! though we never check the
Force application(s) to be fully downloaded before launching (recommended for low/WAN networks) during the streaming phase while sequencing
when I go to the Event viewer I see thousands of these:
it's like there's an event for each file in each package
The same user with the same permission logs on to an image with SP1 client and he can start use App-V packages immidiately.
even if we load the packages manually it doesn't take so much time like it does on the logon refresh
nothing has changed in our client configuration settings between the versions
any suggestions?
thanks
Tamir Levy

Answer 1

Hi Agalucci
thank you for your reply. I know this is not an error. it's just there's event for every file of every unsynced package and it can take an hour until the sync completes.
* my environment is non-persistant VDI
* We do have some Applications on the master image so it includes C:\ProgramData\App-V
* This is a tricky one. I use standard folder redirection on my %APPDATA% folder, so... you tell me. I use citrix UPM for roaming. from my understanding it is useless to exclude the catalog folder from there as %APPDATA% is not managed via UPM.  tried
to find what is the best practice in this case and couldn't find a documentation about running a logoff script that will delete this folder.
we don't update our master image very often so there are some applications that are synced only when the users logon (BTW, we also use Share Content Mode)
but my complain is about the fact that Office 2013 for example, it can take 20 minutes to sequence, which in fact it doesn't need to download the package as we use Shared Content Mode so I don't uderstand why it is taking so long
Tamir Levy