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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
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Ai v16

Advanced Installer 16.1 Released

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July 2nd, 2019

AppData Management in MSI/MSIX/APPV

Let’s assume that you have an application that installs files or registry in a user location. In this article we explain how you can install that information for all users by using MSI, APP-V or the new Microsoft installer technology, MSIX, a short cleanup process description, and a short comparison between them.

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Alex Marin

June 24th, 2019 · 5min read

#MSI #MSIX #APPV #APPDATA

Updates Deployment: Major Upgrade vs Patch

In the lifecycle of an application package, it comes a point when an update is required. Whether we want to fix minor bugs and vulnerabilities, or we come up with some improvements and big changes to our app, we must deliver it as an update.

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Radu Popescu

June 6th, 2019 · 3min read

#MSI #UPDATE
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Scenewin10migration

Windows 10 Migration for Enterprises

In January 2020, Windows 7 end of life support comes in place. This means that users won’t receive any updates from Microsoft, and companies have to pay extra for the next three years if they want them.

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Alex Marin

May 31st, 2019 · 17min read

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

Advanced Installer 16.0 Released

In the past 12 months, we've worked hard on setting the foundation of the new packaging and deployment technology, MSIX. We also continued listening to your feedback, and that led us towards one of our biggest bug-fixing effort in years, along with some important architectural redesigns, all aimed at making your work easier.

May 28th, 2019

Installing a test certificate directly from an MSIX package

All MSIX packages must be digitally signed, no exception. In order to digitally sign your MSIX package, you can use a self-signed certificate. However, you need to ensure that same certificate used to sign the MSIX package is imported into the Computer's Trusted Root Certification Authorities on the target device where you plan to deploy your MSIX package. Otherwise, your MSIX will fail to install.

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Horatiu Vladasel

May 17th, 2019 · 2min read

#MSIX

Context menu in MSIX

In our days, many apps offer you a context menu. A context menu is a pop-up menu that appears after a user interaction, for example, in Windows, when you perform a right-click. However, there are two types of context menus:

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Alex Marin

May 10th, 2019 · 2min read

#MSIX
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Msix deployment sccm

MSIX Per-User Deployment via SCCM

Before we begin, it is important we know that starting with SCCM version 1806, MSIX application is supported in System Center Configuration Manager. Integrating MSIX apps in previous versions, does not work. Also the current version of Windows 10 that supports MSIX is version 1809. It is announced that Microsoft will add support for MSIX also on other versions of Windows 10.

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Radu Popescu

May 3rd, 2019 · 4min read

#MSIX #SCCM
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Ai v15

Advanced Installer 15.9 Released

The latest version of Advanced Installer brings you a new set of features and improvements across all editions.

April 23rd, 2019

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Packagename

MSIX - PackageName vs Application ID

If we check the official Microsoft documentation about PackageName and appID, we can see that in theory, there aren’t so many differences between them.

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Alex Marin

April 17th, 2019 · 2min read

#MSIX
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Hover: Launching apps inside a MSIX/App-V container

Hover is a free tool built by the Advanced Installer team that allows you to run natively installed applications inside an MSIX/App-V container.

#APPLICATION-VIRTUALIZATION #MSIX #TOOLS #HOVER
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Suites

Suites Installer: Wise vs Advanced Installer

There are times when you need to install multiple applications at once, either EXEs or MSIs; we call this a suite installation. Wise Installer was one of the most popular software tool used for creating application installers. It was discontinued in November 2013 and offered a solution for such cases. In this article, we have a look at how you can achieve that in a simple and modern manner using Advanced Installer compared with the old ways of Wise Studio.

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Alex Marin

April 2nd, 2019 · 4min read

#WISE
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Elevation flag msix

How to set allowElevation flag for MSIX packages

Opposite to old Win32 apps, Modern Windows 10 apps come with full control of their access, just like modern mobile apps. You can control their access to certain APIs or resources like pictures, music, or hardware such as the camera or the microphone. Permissions must be requested within the package manifest.

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Horatiu Vladasel

March 28th, 2019 · 3min read

#MSIX
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Convert Google Chrome MSI installer to MSIX through repackaging

Google Chrome is one of the most popular browsers on the market at the moment. For enterprise use and deployment, Google offers the Chrome browser as an MSI installer.

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Alex Marin

March 27th, 2019 · 4min read

#MSIX #PACKAGING-SERIES
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Win7extended

Cost of Windows 7 extended support?

We know 13th Jan 2015 is the date when Microsoft's mainstream support for Windows 7 ended. Since then, Microsoft has continued to provide security updates for free and will do this until 14th Jan 2020 when Windows 7 extended support is going to end. As it has done with previous versions of Windows, the only people who will receive extended security updates (ESUs) after Jan 2020 will be those willing to pay for them.

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Horatiu Vladasel

March 22nd, 2019 · 2min read

#WINDOWS #WINDOWS-7
Ai v15
Ai v15

Advanced Installer 15.8 Released

The latest version of Advanced Installer brings you a new set of features and improvements across all editions.

March 20th, 2019

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Ai v15

Advanced Installer 15.7 Released

Windows 7 support ends in 2020, don't let your customers be stuck in an old, unsecure and expensive to support environment. Modernize your enterprise today!

February 13th, 2019

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Ai v15

Advanced Installer 15.6 Released

The latest version of Advanced Installer brings you a new set of features and improvements across all editions.

January 8th, 2019

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