Advanced Installer Enterprise Releases
Released: Jul 29, 2020
Updates in 17.3
Features
- Support for signing using Microsoft Device Guard.
- Add executable parameters support for MSIX application declarations.
- PowerShell automation support for Text Updates.
- PowerShell automation support for managing environment variable operations.
- PowerShell automation support for File Association.
- Microsoft Windows 10 scheduled task type support.
- Add more predefined options for the Scheduled Task start time.
- Scheduled Task support to run for an indefinite duration.
- Verify if the digital...
Released: Jun 30, 2020
Updates in 17.2
Features
- Import and edit support for MSIX bundles.
- Driver dependency support for MSIX.
- Added wizard for "Modification Package" project.
- Predefined launch conditions for "Microsoft Windows 10 version 2004".
- Enhancements
- AppInstaller for MSIX Microsoft Windows Store.
- Internal "signtool.exe" is used by default for digital signatures (updated from latest Microsoft Windows 10 SDK, version 10.0.19041.0 or newer).
- Update to the newest 20H1 Microsoft Windows version for MSIX.
- Row reference tracking in...
Released: Jun 17, 2020
Updates in 17.1.2
Fixes
- PowerShell script custom actions failed when setting an MSI property to a non initialized variable.
- The "Platform" option for an Inline PowerShell custom action was not correctly saved.
- "Import Repackaging Results" wizard failed for certain projects.
- Visiting the Visual Assets or Package Information views incorrectly marked the project as modified.
Released: May 27, 2020
Updates in 17.1
Features
- Digital Signature support for PowerShell scripts.
- GitHub integration for the Updater.
- Password for digital certificate is required only once at build time.
- Build warning if certificate used for digital signature is of SHA1 type.
- Build warning if certificate used for digital signature has expired.
- Visual asset contrast support for Microsoft Windows Shell "light" theme.
- PowerShell support to configure project “Output” location.
- Automatically disable the Repackager files that are not found...
Released: Apr 27, 2020
Updates in 17.0
Features
- MSIX Package Manifest Editor.
- Powershell automation support for Custom Actions.
- Support for deploying an MSIX package with MSIX Core on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1.
- Predefined prerequisites for "ASP.NET Core Runtime 3.1.3".
- Add Trigger Events for MSIX services.
- Improved Repackager filters.
- Digital signatures with a SHA1 certificate types are now supported.
- Better check if SignTool’s "KB 3118401" dependency is installed.
- PSF fix for private files accessed by other apps.
- Add new options for...
Released: Mar 17, 2020
Updates in 16.9
Features
- Windows Services support for MSIX.
- Added FileSystemWrite Virtualization, RegistryWrite Virtualization, PackageIntegrity, SupportedUsers and AllowExecution flags for MSIX packages.
- New view for MSIX comparison.
- Updated "StartUp Task" synchronization for MSIX packages.
- Updated "Configuration File" to display a custom message through the Updater.
- Improved start page filter.
- Updated executable paths when applications are moved.
- Automatically generate all visual assets in certain conditions...
Released: Mar 9, 2020
Updates in 16.8.1
Fixes
- Advanced Installer account login not working with Floating license types.
Released: Feb 18, 2020
Updates in 16.8
Features
- Added the ability to automatically create MST files using PowerShell.
- Synchronize font files in MSIX builds.
- Early digital certificate validation for MSIX.
- Show files skipped for signing at build time when they are already digitally signed.
- Improved network connectivity for remote repackaging.
- Import custom versions from target platforms when importing/editing an MSIX.
- Extend MSIX Advanced Installer stub support for elevated and non-elevated executables at the same time.
- Update to...
Released: Jan 15, 2020
Updates in 16.7
Features
- Predefined launch condition and prerequisite for .NET Core Runtime 3.1.
- Predefined prerequisites for .NET Core Desktop Runtime 3.1 and .NET Core IIS Hosting 3.1.
- New registry entries for latest install path and version of Advanced Installer.
- Digitally sign EXE option should not be automatically set for an already signed file.
- UWP application Arguments fields are now formatted.
- Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015-2019 predefined prerequisite updated to...
Released: Dec 17, 2019
Updates in 16.6.1
Fixes
- Build failed for projects that had prerequisites with "Windows XP/Server 2003" on unsupported Windows list.