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Registry in msix container
Registry in msix container

Registry in MSIX container- the quick way to inspect a registry hive

When it comes to registry inside the MSIX container, we all know that by default there is no direct access from the machine.

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Alex Marin

January 16th, 2020 · 2min read

#MSIX #HOVER #TOOLS
Ai v16
Ai v16

Advanced Installer 16.7 Released

The latest version of Advanced Installer brings you exciting new features and improvements ready to be discovered.

January 15th, 2020

Cmd in msix container
Cmd in msix container

The fastest way to run CMD inside MSIX and APP-V containers

Just think about how many times you needed to debug your applications.And every single time you repeat the long commands in PowerShell , you wish it was a better alternative out there. Well, we felt that pain too. So, as software development is in our blood, we developed a tool to solve forever this pain.

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Alex Marin

January 8th, 2020 · 3min read

#HOVER #MSIX #APPV #TOOLS
Msix auto updates
Msix auto updates

Enable auto-updates for your MSIX packages without publishing your apps in the Microsoft Store

If you want to upload an MSIX to the Microsoft Store, you might be overwhelmed by the process, or not know where to start. This article makes each step clear – you’ll have your app up and running in no time at all.

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Alex Marin

December 20th, 2019 · 3min read

#MSIX
Msix shortcut
Msix shortcut

How to approach a Start Menu entry in your MSIX package? And what challenges are there?

In our previous MSIX related blog articles, we’ve approached some of the MSIX particularities and different scenarios such as Digital Signing, MSIX Deployment via SCCM, MS-AppInstaller Web Protocol, and Context Menu.

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Radu Popescu

December 13th, 2019 · 3min read

#MSIX #MSI
Ai v16
Ai v16

Advanced Installer 16.6 Released

December, the month of gifts comes with exciting new features and improvements in Advanced Installer. Does Microsoft Store sound familiar to you? If so, have a look at how you can create an MSIX/APPX package ready to be deployed to it.

December 12th, 2019

Msix app installer
Msix app installer

MS-AppInstaller Web Protocol — Enable your web-users to launch MSIX installations with a single click

Web protocols are not something new to the table. We have been using them for years, and they make our life a bit easier.

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Alex Marin

December 5th, 2019 · 3min read

#MSIX #WEB
Msix startup programs
Msix startup programs

The new way of dealing with Startup Application in your MSIX package

This article explores Microsoft's recommended solution for managing your Startup applications, when deployed as an MSIX package.

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Alex Marin

November 28th, 2019 · 2min read

#MSIX
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Banner

Windows Installer Role-based Guide

For those new to Windows deployment/management, Windows Installer is Microsoft's solution used for the installation, removal, but also maintenance of software. Windows Installer was released for the first time when Windows 95 came in and has been developed over time since then.

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Horatiu Vladasel

November 20th, 2019 · 3min read

#MSI #WINDOWS
Ai v16
Ai v16

Advanced Installer 16.5 Released

Working on your Windows 10 modernization project? We have a new powerful editor for you, the MSIX Package Editor. Get an instant view of your package contents and customize any resource with just a few clicks.

November 13th, 2019

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Scenesccmbanner

Migration Upgrade from SCCM 2012 to Current Branch (1902)

In November 2015, Microsoft released the first edition of System Center Configuration Manager called SCCM (Current Branch) 1511. And since then, Microsoft decided to change its name to “SCCM YYMM (Year Month)” following the same naming convention as for Windows 10 YYMM (example Windows 10 1809).

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Radu Popescu

October 18th, 2019 · 8min read

#SCCM #WINDOWS-10 #MIGRATION
Ai v16
Ai v16

Advanced Installer 16.4 Released

PowerShell Automation? Does it sound familiar to you?

October 8th, 2019

Bundles-Wix vs. Advanced Installer

If you are in the software packaging business, you might have heard of WIX bootstrapper. This was released by Microsoft back in 2004, and it was the first ever open source license project for them.

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Alex Marin

September 26th, 2019 · 6min read

#WIX #MSI

Disable Updates in Google Chrome Enterprise

One fundamental rule in almost any enterprise regarding applications is to disable the auto-updates feature. However, from an enterprise point of view, it makes sense.

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Alex Marin

September 12th, 2019 · 4min read

#ENTERPRISE-PACKAGING #REPACKAGER
Ai v16
Ai v16

Advanced Installer 16.3 Released

It seems our PowerShell Automation support is a hit, we already have a ton of improvement requests, and some are now ready, extending our registry and folders management options.

September 4th, 2019

Recache MST

Sometimes you might end up in a situation when you cannot uninstall a package. We already covered how you can recache an MSI in our user guide. However, we noticed that this might not work for transforms (MSTs) and a different solution is needed.

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Alex Marin

August 28th, 2019 · 2min read

#MST #MSI

Packaging Series:Convert VLC Media Player to MSIX

VLC media player (or in short VLC) is an open-source, cross-platform media player created by VideoLan. At the moment, its one of the most popular players on the market.Let’s see if we can convert it to the new MSIX technology by Microsoft and what challenges we face in doing so.

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Alex Marin

August 21st, 2019 · 3min read

#MSIX #PACKAGING-SERIES
Ai v16
Ai v16

Advanced Installer 16.2 Released

In this new version, we have focused on solving many of the issues reported by our community. With more than 70 bug fixes, we are proud to announce that this is one of the most stability focused release this year.

August 1st, 2019

Packaging Series: How to build an MSIX package for Notepad++

Notepad++ is the most popular free source code editor. Since MSIX is the future of packaging, let’s see how we can repackage Notepad++ to MSIX by using Advanced Installer.

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Alex Marin

July 17th, 2019 · 3min read

#MSIX #PACKAGING-SERIES
Ai v16
Ai v16

Advanced Installer 16.1 Released

PS Automation, PS Automation, PS Automation, PS Automation, PS Automation...

July 2nd, 2019

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