I have the same issue. Running AppVolumes 2.15, Office 2016 Pro+ on the golden image of Win10 LTSC 2019 instant clone pool (Horizon 7.7)
Capture machine is a clean build of Win10 LTSC 2019. and have used the VMware Knowledge Base for the capture. Trying to capture Visio 2016 Pro and Project 2016 Pro.
I have tried installing with Office 2016 Pro+ on the provisioning machine and without it. Both seem to capture with no issues. But, when attaching to the instant clone, it launched into set-up and then fails with "can't find necessary file" type errors. If I close Visio, wait for set-up to revert itself and stop, I can re-open Visio and be functional, but it will not activate and de-activates Office 2016 Pro.
I have tried capturing the AppStack off the golden image for the instant clone pool, but the Visio installation fails to run with the same missing files errors.
Lastly, we use Active Directory-Based Authentication, not KMS server. Does anyone know if an actual KMS server is required? ADBA authenticates Visio 2016 Pro as a non-AppStack install just fine.
From the instant clone Application event logs, I can see install errors involving language packs, but both Office and Visio are configured with the exact same settings (Install All from Desktop).