AppV 5: Sequence shortcut to application located on network share

Question

Hello,
We have an application which is programmed to run directly from a network share.
However, it needs some parts installed locally on the client too, to make it work.
During sequencing using App-V 5.0, I installed the parts necessary on the client, and I created a shortcut to the network path e.g.: \\server\share\application.exe
The sequencing process works fine, and the application gets published correctly to an App-V client.
However, when launching the application we receive an error "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000142). Click OK to close the application."
In Event Viewer we notice following error in Applications and Services > Microsoft > AppV > Client > Virtual Applications: "The virtual applicatoin '\\server\share\application.exe' could not be started because the App-V Subsystem 'Virtual Shell'
could not be initialized. {error:0x8DC02325-0x52E}"
We notice that the sequenced application shortcut references: "\\server\share\application.exe  /appvve:557B23AE-4942-4E3E-BE5F-1DA010EA7DAE_C7B3C423-6E9A-4CE9-AC18-59C7F18F3FA1"
When launching the application directly (\\server\share\application.exe - without appvve parameter) it works fine (but at that moment it's missing the locally installed client components).
When running the same application with parameter 'appvve', it fails (error message above).
When copying the application to a local drive, it does run succesfully when using the 'appvve' parameter, but unfortunately this is not a supported scenario for the application we're talking about. It has to be run from the network share.
So am I correct to say that App-V does not support running an executable located on a network share in the virtual bubble? Are there any solutions/workarounds to make this work anyway?
I tried mapping the network share to a drive letter, but that didn't help either.

Answer 1

I have used a vbscript to start the exe from within the package, install whatever you need, then make the vbs in the installdir locally (c:)
Dim objShell
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
objShell.Run("K:\Whatever")
Set objShell = Nothing
Make a shortcut to the VBS and change the icon and stop the capture