Advanced Installer 23.1 Release Notes

On September 25th, 2025 Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 23.1 in Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions. This release is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.

Advanced Installer 23.1 introduces AppInstaller UI customization, allowing you to design a unique installation experience directly from our graphical interface. No more manual XML editing — you can now configure the installer window title, checkbox positions, accent colors, logos, button text, and alignment options with just a few clicks.

We’ve also expanded automation support with new PowerShell commands for changing ProductCodes and component GUIDs, as well as adding prerequisites from the predefined list.

Command-line options now include setting EULA files for multiple languages, giving you greater flexibility in multilingual deployments.

Explore the full list of updates below, and watch our video tutorial to see how to customize the AppInstaller UI for your MSIX packages in Advanced Installer.

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

New features
  • Support for customizing the MSIX AppInstaller UI
  • Advanced Installer Extension for Visual Studio 2026
Enhancements
  • SBOM now included for Advanced Installer setup package

  • Requested by customer
    PowerShell automation support for the "Change ProductCode and component's GUIDS" option

  • Requested by customer
    PowerShell automation support for adding a prerequisite from the predefined list

  • Requested by customer
    Command line option to set the EULA file for multiple languages

  • Requested by customer
    Allow "ImageButton" customization using the Color Picker
  • Added the possibility to undo the "Move to repository" option

  • Requested by customer
    Support for ProductVersion synchronization with a DLL file from the project, using different source files from disk for each build

  • Requested by customer
    Updater now selects the download folder in the following order: custom path, prerequisites/updates, and then Windows Downloads
  • Increased the default size of the Dialogs behaviour tab
  • Update .NET 8 prerequisites to the latest version 8.0.20
  • Update .NET 9 prerequisites to the latest version 9.0.9
Bug fixes

  • Reported by customer
    IIS HTTPS website bindings were not preserved during upgrade

  • Reported by customer
    License preview was empty
  • Logo preview reset to default when switching themes or views in AppInstaller
  • AppV 5.x build view was missing at import
  • Scintilla password fields were not disabled by default for the Scheduled Task User Account
  • The project was marked as modified when setting custom tool signing from COM
  • Cropped text in a prerequisite's command line field when using 175% DPI scaling
  • Prerequisite's Installation tab broke when interacting with Uninstall/Maintenance/Rollback checkboxes
  • The left menu in MSIX Editor included more views than expected
  • Help button from the "Active setup command" dialog had no effect

  • Reported by customer
    Visual Studio import crashes on the solution file with no project configuration defined
  • Digital signature missing for some DLLs in Advanced Installer installation