Starting with Windows 10 (version 20H2), Microsoft added the option to group MSIX Shortcuts in the Start Menu. This is a particularly convenient feature that was highly requested by the packaging community.

With every new release we focus on making Advanced Installer more powerful while maintaining the simplified UX that our users appreciate.

In this article, we will learn what “Log on as a Service" is, when and where to use it, and how to enable it.

Jenkins is an open-source automation server that enables developers around the world to reliably build, test, and deploy their software.

For some time now, Windows has run on machines powered by ARM processors. ARM processors are fascinating devices, and they became popular due to their excellent performance delivery at low energy consumption.

Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) tool made by Microsoft to build code, and publish applications. It is mainly used to develop different types of software—from computer programs to web services.

In this article, we'll talk about how Windows Installer defines the directory location of an installation, what the INSTALLDIR and TARGETDIR properties are, and what is the difference between them.

The uninstallation of a package is just as crucial as its installation – and we should handle it with extra care.

Command-line switches should be present in every setup installer. When it comes to MSI installers, they support command line switches by default.

You now have a quicker and simpler way to manage advanced shortcuts to files and folders with Advanced Installer version 19.8.

Process Monitor is probably one of the most used tools by IT Pros to debug applications and check installations. We mentioned Process Monitor in our MSI Packaging Training free e-book but this time around, we want to explore it further. We will discuss its prerequisites and share how you can get started with it.

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With the release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22567, Microsoft added a new security feature called Smart App Control (or SAC in short).

Starting with version 19.7 of Advanced Installer, you have a quicker and more efficient way to create and configure Windows Explorer context menu items for your application, when runing on Windows 11.

Manually repackaging batch applications can be time consuming, especially when you have to deploy the applications on more than one computer.

Installer testing and application testing are two completely different subjects, even though they can seem very similar.

Software packaging is the process of building an installer that includes all your applications' resources and can be used to distribute them on the end-user devices.

A ProductCode is made up of string GUIDs containing numbers and uppercase letters.

Installer Analytics' most recent release introduces a brand new feature that allows you to track any property that you define within your setup package.