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.
- Add a search option to the Samples Gallery
- 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
Requested by customer - 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)
- Add filter capability to simplify feature dialog navigation
Requested by customer - Automatically add and remove the "UpgradeDlg" dialog
- Predefined launch conditions for Windows 11 24H2
Requested by customer - 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
- Fix display issue with custom frame titles in WinUI
Reported by customer - Fix an issue with importing MSM into existing projects
- Unlink the "UpgradeDlg" options from the "Upgrades" page's options
Reported by customer - Crash when scrolling in the notifications list
- Enter key no longer worked in PowerShell Inline Script
Reported by customer - Fix MSIX elevation capability failures on Windows 11 24H2 and later
Reported by customer - Verify and update download links for prerequisites, remove outdated ones
- 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
Reported by customer - The registry is incorrectly marked as 64-bit when importing a repackaging file
- Update documentation for "UpdatePrerequisite" to specify how to update the minimum version with a registry search
Reported by customer - 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
- 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
Reported by customer