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Ai v17

Advanced Installer 17.2 Released

Version 17.2 of Advanced Installer brings you more than 20 features and enhancements ready to be discovered.

June 30th, 2020

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Psf introduction banner

Introduction to Package Support Framework

To help with the MSIX transition, Microsoft has released the Package Support Framework (PSF) - an open-source framework that enables you to apply runtime fixups for issues that might appear when migrating legacy applications that you don’t have the source code for.

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Bogdan Mitrache

June 26th, 2020 · 6min read

#MSIX #WINDOWS-10 #MIGRATION
Publish on ms
Publish on ms

How to publish your MSIX package to the Microsoft Store?

You've finished building your MSIX application, and it's time to share it with the rest of the world.

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Radu Popescu

June 23rd, 2020 · 9min read

#MSIX #HOVER #DIGITAL-SIGNATURE #TIPS
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Disable msix uninstallation

How to Disable MSIX Uninstallation

Although not necessarily common practice, there are some instances where you would want to prevent users from uninstalling specific MSIX packages such as monitoring software that is required to gather data from all employees.

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Alex Marin

June 18th, 2020 · 3min read

#MSIX #TIPS
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Banner msix modification package

MSIX Modification Packages: Deploying custom application configurations.

MSIX Modification Package is a type of MSIX package format introduced by Microsoft with the goal of decoupling customizations from the main application. Launched with the release of their MSIX packaging format, the MSIX Modification Package is an MSIX package meant to store the customizations of the application.

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Horatiu Vladasel

June 11th, 2020 · 7min read

#MSIX #TIPS
Ai v17
Ai v17

Advanced Installer 17.1 Released

We have good news! Advanced Installer 17.1 comes with Digital Signature support for PowerShell scripts - you can now digitally sign PowerShell scripts to enhance your enterprise security policies.

May 27th, 2020

Software packaging automation
Software packaging automation

How much can you automate your software packaging process? An IT Pro perspective.

Automation. A word heavily used around industries, especially the software one. A word that arouses great interest for every manager, service, or business owner.

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Alex Marin

May 22nd, 2020 · 10min read

#MSIX #MSI
Msix ready
Msix ready

Which applications are ready to convert to MSIX? Are you curious?

Every new MSIX package we build allows us to learn more and improve the tools we build. The whole Advanced Installer team got involved.

#MSIX #NEWS
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Resume installation after reboot

How to continue with an installation after reboot?

Although it’s a rare scenario - you might run into the situation where you need to continue the installation of a certain application after reboot. We are talking about a silent installation that doesn't require admin rights or any input from the user.

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Alex Marin

May 8th, 2020 · 7min read

#WINDOWS-10 #CUSTOM-ACTION #TIPS
Components and features
Components and features

How to create components in Advanced Installer. And why you should not bother with it.

As a standard, Advanced Installer automatically creates the components when generating the product package. The automatic process respects a strict set of Windows Installer rules, together with a series of best practices we have gathered from our customers during the years.

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Alex Marin

April 30th, 2020 · 4min read

#MSI #TIPS
Ai v17
Ai v17

Advanced Installer 17.0 Released

Since 2018, when Advanced Installer was named The Microsoft Launch Partner for MSIX technology, we've worked on setting its foundation and continuously bringing you powerful tools - all with the goal of making your job easier.

April 27th, 2020

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Temp folder access

How does MSIX handle the temp folder? And why is it important to know it!

We learned in How does Files Redirection work with MSIX that user data files, either from the project or created by executables, are automatically redirected to: %localappdata%\packages\PublisherName.AppName_hash\LocalCache.

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Alex Marin

April 23rd, 2020 · 3min read

#MSIX #APPDATA #TIPS
Don't do it series
Don't do it series

Always use the app package version and not app version to your package versioning

Every software packaging department has its own rules when it comes to MSI - whether we talk about naming convention (package naming, product naming) or package description and comments.

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Alex Marin

April 15th, 2020 · 6min read

#MSI #MSIX
Ai v16
Ai v16

Advanced Installer 16.9 Released

We plan a full year of MSIX concepts ready for you to master. Explore our latest feature, Windows Services for MSIX - install, control, and customize the newly added service with only a few clicks. For a quick demo, check the video below.

March 17th, 2020

Useful in packaging
Useful in packaging

AppData | LocalAppData | ProgramData Explanations, Differences, Use Cases

In this article, we go through:

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Radu Popescu

March 5th, 2020 · 5min read

#APPDATA #MSIX #MST
Don't do it series
Don't do it series

Do not delete your Windows Installer folder

Lessons I have learned from making many mistakes in my enterprise software packaging newbie (and not only) years.

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Alex Marin

February 27th, 2020 · 4min read

#WINDOWS #MSI #MST
Ai v16
Ai v16

Advanced Installer 16.8 Released

Are you a PowerShell fan? Check this awesome feature that allows you to edit an MSI or simply create an MST file.

February 18th, 2020

Msix per machine
Msix per machine

How to Provision and Remove MSIX Packages Per Machine?

In our IT Pro world, the best practice we have in place regarding app deployment is that all applications are installable per machine. No matter if it’s an MSI, EXE, or other custom types of installers.

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Alex Marin

February 14th, 2020 · 4min read

#MSIX #SCCM #POWERSHELL
Files redirection
Files redirection

How does Files Redirection work with MSIX?

The purpose of this article is to show you how redirection works and how you can add your user files in the project using Advanced Installer GUI.

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Alex Marin

February 5th, 2020 · 3min read

#MSIX #APPDATA #USER-INTERFACE
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Packaging Series: How to build an MSIX package for an Electron application

In this article, we went through the process of building an MSI package for an Electron application and we have delved into how to parametrize a setting within the newly created Electron MSI package.

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Horatiu Vladasel

January 22nd, 2020 · 2min read

#MSIX #PACKAGING-SERIES
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