Advanced Installer 23.4 Release Notes
On January 26th, 2026 Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 23.4 in Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions. This release is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.
This release introduces a new Security Validation Framework that alerts you about the latest security features, helping you stay compliant and avoid manual checks.
We have also added support for temporary file synchronization at build time, and improved update configuration by allowing you to sync the “Expected Value” from a registry search with the EXE version. These changes help reduce packaging errors and save time during project maintenance.
Version 23.4 also includes automation enhancements, UI usability improvements, and platform compatibility updates, making it easier to keep your installers secure and ready for modern deployment environments.
If you missed our recent webinar on how to achieve the best PSF integration for MSIX packaging, and how to fine-tune your MSIX packages for better runtime behavior and fewer support issues, you can watch the full recording here:
New features, bug fixes, and general improvements are included in the current release. See the full list below.
- Security validation framework: You will now be notified about the latest available security features and enhancements for your version, directly in the build log and the Message Center.
- Synchronize folder with temporary files
Requested by customer
- PowerShell automation now supports the “Extract archive” operation
- New built-in custom action to retrieve the port where a service is currently listening
- Optimized the search functionality in the "Select a component" dialog
- Added support to synchronize the “Expected Value” from registry search with the “Version” of an EXE file in the Updates Configuration Project
Requested by customer - Removed censoring from the value field for properties
- Support in-place editing of the Comments column in the Properties list
- Update the EXE setup icon to a higher resolution
- Fixed small MessageBox Custom Action text in the Serene theme
- Start page now displays the selected project type description in the right pane
- Command line support to set the output EXE's icon
Requested by customer - Command line support to set the dialog's icons
- Predefined prerequisites for SQL Server 2025
- Updated .NET 8 prerequisites to the latest version 8.0.23
Requested by customer - Updated .NET 9 prerequisites to the latest version 9.0.12
Requested by customer - Updated .NET 10 prerequisites to the latest version 10.0.2
Requested by customer
- Project path variables were not working for chained packages
Reported by customer - Copy-paste for properties was not consistent
- "Apply permissions to all subkeys" option in the Registry Permissions dialog did not work as expected
Reported by customer - Fixed background resource set as default for PrepareDlg inside Surface theme
- AdminBrowseDlg dialog was not rendered correctly when using EUI
Reported by customer - SQLServerConnectionDlg was rendered incorrectly due to WinUI Rendering
Reported by customer - CTRL + S while the message box is displayed pops up another messagebox on top
- UILevel not properly set during EUI installation
Reported by customer - "VersionMajor" and "VersionMinor" registries were not synchronized with the corresponding ProductVersion values when using "Override Windows Installer programs list entry"
Reported by customer - Fixed the issue when prerequisites were no longer reinstalled when performing a repair on the main package in recent versions
Reported by customer - Preserve EULA when switching themes if the user provided EULA in the ProductDetails view
- Properties passed to the prerequisite command line were not resolved during silent EXE installation
Reported by customer - Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions hung when using Trusted Signing (Azure Artifact Signing)