Advanced Installer 19.7

Adds new features for creating Windows Explorer context menu entries for Windows 11.
July 19, 2022
New Version

Features

  • Added a quicker and more efficient way to create and configure Microsoft Windows Explorer context menu items for your application, when running on Windows 11.
    • The new built-in functionality in Advanced Installer allows you to access the Windows 11 feature for context menu items by automatically building a sparse package for you - no manual intervention necessary.
    • Simply select the Windows 11 Context Menu option in the Advanced Installer's GUI, and a sparse package containing the modern UWP API for context menu will be included in your installation.
  • Added ARM64 predefined support for prerequisites and launch conditions.
  • Added a new predefined property for detecting ARM64 machines - AI_ARM64_PROP.
  • Smart App Control (SAC) security improvements - Added the ability to digitally sign all the DLL files generated by a multi-language package.
  • Added a new variation for AIR theme: Light Sky.
  • Added a new option for displaying UWP strings by default for MSIX builds.
  • Added SetDigitalCertificateFile command-line support for Microsoft Windows Store and Modification Package projects.
  • Added the option for generating two MSIX packages (Microsoft Store and sideloading distribution type) with a single build operation.
  • Added support for EC algorithm signatures when signing with a certificate hosted in Microsoft Azure KeyVault.
  • Updated Microsoft .NET 6.0 prerequisites to version 6.0.7.
  • Updated Microsoft .NET 5.0 prerequisites to version 5.0.17.
  • Updated Microsoft .NET Core prerequisites to version 3.1.27.
Windows Explorer context menu entries for Windows 11.

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