Advanced Installer 22.4 Release Notes

On January 29th, 2025 Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 22.4 in Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions. This release is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.

Advanced Installer 22.4 introduces the long awaited MSIX Custom Install Actions feature, allowing you to bundle and install third-party redistributable files, such as .exe or .msi, alongside your MSIX packages.

This feature streamlines the deployment of prerequisites and additional components directly with your desktop applications.

We’ve also introduced predefined launch conditions for Windows 11 24H2 and added search functionality to the Samples Gallery for faster access to resources.

The "Copy to All User Profiles" custom action now supports file-only operations, while PowerShell automation has been expanded with support for Device Guard credentials and Azure Key Vault secrets.

Explore the full list of updates and improvements below, and watch our video tutorial to see how MSIX Custom Install Actions can simplify your deployment process.

New features, bug fixes, and general improvements are included in the current release. See the full list below.

Enhancements
  • Add a search option to the Samples Gallery

  • Requested by customer
    Update the "Copy to All User Profiles" custom action to support file-only operations

  • Requested by customer
    Enhance PowerShell Automation with support for Device Guard Credentials and Azure Key Vault Secrets
  • Enhanced Updater to retrieve Release Notes via command line
  • Support for executing PowerShell code asynchronously
  • Call .NET custom actions in a new process (e.g., enables calling a custom action from an installed file during uninstallation)

  • Requested by customer
    Add filter capability to simplify feature dialog navigation
  • Automatically add and remove the "UpgradeDlg" dialog

  • Requested by customer
    Predefined launch conditions for Windows 11 24H2
  • Add "Compact view" option to the Custom Actions view
  • Update .NET Core 8 prerequisites to the latest version 8.0.12
  • Update .NET Core 9 prerequisites to the latest version 9.0.1
Bug fixes

  • Reported by customer
    Fix display issue with custom frame titles in WinUI
  • Fix an issue with importing MSM into existing projects

  • Reported by customer
    Unlink the "UpgradeDlg" options from the "Upgrades" page's options
  • Crash when scrolling in the notifications list

  • Reported by customer
    Enter key no longer worked in PowerShell Inline Script

  • Reported by customer
    Fix MSIX elevation capability failures on Windows 11 24H2 and later
  • Verify and update download links for prerequisites, remove outdated ones

  • Reported by customer
    Fix an issue with importing MSIX packages preventing navigation from the Builds page

  • Reported by customer
    The "Uninstall previous version" custom action sets the new version to be installed per-user

  • Reported by customer
    Fix access violation error in PowerShell Automation when setting MaxVersion for project updates
  • The registry is incorrectly marked as 64-bit when importing a repackaging file

  • Reported by customer
    Update documentation for "UpdatePrerequisite" to specify how to update the minimum version with a registry search
  • Fix issue where the Project Summary is not displayed after importing a .RPK
  • Crash in Translations view when editing an MSIX package
  • Evaluating any condition inside the Custom Action view after certain steps results in a Stack Trace

  • Reported by customer
    Fix an issue where the second prerequisite runs in the background during pre-install

  • Reported by customer
    PowerShell Automation does not support PseudoFormatted data type properties in the Name field for Shortcuts

  • Reported by customer
    Reboot prompt message hangs at the end of the installation process