Advanced Installer 23.2 Release Notes

On October 28th, 2025 Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 23.2 in Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions. This release is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.

Advanced Installer 23.2 delivers key enhancements across PowerShell automation, UI performance, and compatibility with the latest Windows and .NET versions.

This release addresses a broad set of issues. It introduces highly requested improvements, including scheduled task import with multiple triggers, SSL binding validation, and enhanced DPI scaling, to further refine the packaging experience and increase deployment reliability.

We recommend updating to take full advantage of these updates and streamline your build and deployment processes.

If you missed our previous release, we also introduced the Advanced Installer Extension for Visual Studio 2026. Watch the video below to see how to activate and use it directly in your IDE.

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

New features
  • Predefined launch conditions for Windows 11 25H2
Enhancements
  • A file type association entry point can now access the environment variables defined inside the same MSIX package

  • Requested by customer
    PowerShell automation support to schedule custom actions without sequences

  • Requested by customer
    PowerShell automation support to perform file operations

  • Requested by customer
    PowerShell automation support to automate the Upgrades page configuration
  • Display the number of notes in the current view using a localized control on the bottom-right side

  • Requested by customer
    Enabled use of path variables within other path variables

  • Requested by customer
    Properties not in the "Property" table were not migrated by the "AI_MigrateInstallerProps" action
  • Added support for importing scheduled tasks with multiple triggers

  • Requested by customer
    Preserved font weight when copying text styles between projects
  • Added validation for hostnames used in SSL bindings
  • Scaled the banner image in the "Test SQL Queries" dialog to match the dialog width
  • Added App Installer tab for the Modification Package project
  • Update .NET 8 prerequisites to the latest version 8.0.21
  • Update .NET 9 prerequisites to the latest version 9.0.10
Bug fixes

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed the encoding issue in the Project Summary after generating a report

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed the missing scroll in the Updater view

  • Reported by customer
    "SetUwpAppxBuildAppInstaller" could not be used with the Windows Store Package type
  • Ensured the File Version is saved without clicking OK in the same tab
  • "AI_ProgramFiles" added an extra backslash ("\") when using External UI

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed a stack trace error when using ProductVersion synchronization with per-build paths
  • Fixed unintended project modifications after visiting the App Installer tab

  • Reported by customer
    Addressed UI issues when using two monitors with different DPI settings
  • Fixed the issue where Repackager did not resume after a manual reboot
  • Resolved corruption of scheduled tasks during copy/paste operations
  • Fixed incomplete option updates when importing scheduled tasks
  • Corrected DPI scaling issue for the Updater

  • Reported by customer
    "Call function from attached native DLL" custom action was executed during uninstallation when EUI was enabled
  • "AI_UserProgramFiles" resolved to PFX86 for per-machine installation on a 32-bit machine
  • Fixed an issue that prevented multiple SSL certificates from being preserved during upgrade