Advanced Installer 24.2 Release Notes

On November 11th, 2026 Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 24.2 in Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions. This release is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.

Advanced Installer 24.2 introduces ClearType text support in WinUI views and installer themes, improving text rendering and readability.

This release also updates the MSIX schema to Windows 11 26H2, expands PowerShell automation capabilities, and adds support for importing Visual Studio .slnx files.

The update also includes important security fixes, addressing TLS certificate validation and a custom detection EXE signature verification vulnerability, along with other stability and usability improvements.

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

New features
  • ClearType text support in WinUI views and installer themes
Enhancements

  • Requested by customer
    Support for importing Visual Studio .slnx files
  • Update MSIX schema to 26H2

  • Requested by customer
    PowerShell automation for ExitDialog actions

  • Requested by customer
    PowerShell automation for adding a Temporary Folder
  • PowerShell automation for Azure Key Vault Login Type
  • Add descriptions for all PowerShell automation properties and methods
  • New Enhanced UI attribute to show password visibility on request
  • New UI option in "Registry entry" properties to deploy registry entries across all user profiles
  • Improved consistency of Help, OK, and Cancel buttons on application dialogs

  • Requested by customer
    File associations for Advanced Installer templates

  • Requested by customer
    "Install folder content into the parent folder" option available from the command line
  • Self-contained support for the IntuneHelperWinRT module

  • Requested by customer
    Improved the Extended Identity OID field synchronization
  • Enhanced UX when creating custom dialogs with custom size

  • Requested by customer
    New "Do not store password" option for scheduled tasks
  • Updated .NET 8 prerequisites to the latest version 8.0.33
  • Updated .NET 9 prerequisites to the latest version 9.0.22
  • Updated .NET 10 prerequisites to the latest version 10.0.14
Bug fixes
  • Security: Enforced strict TLS certificate validation across shared HTTP client connections
  • Security: Hardened digital signature verification for custom EXE detection in the Updater

  • Reported by customer
    Security: Restricted VMLauncher.exe temp folder sharing to strictly required files during "Run in VM" execution
  • Secure properties were not resolved at install time for "Run whether the user is logged on or not"
  • VMLauncher.exe shared the entire %temp% folder when using the [Run in VM] feature
  • Scheduled tasks' secure properties unresolved at install time for "Run whether the user is logged on or not"

  • Reported by customer
    Prerequisite install actions were not preserved in the main setup log file during a silent installation
  • Exit/Save dialog buttons were hidden when using monitors with different DPIs
  • Chained prerequisites were not reinstalled when repairing the main package

  • Reported by customer
    Cached EXE installer was removed during a silent installation

  • Reported by customer
    Convert paths wizard became unresponsive when using projects with a large number of files
  • PowerShell automation - IniFilesComponent.Files getter returned all entries from the INI file

  • Reported by customer
    AIP file became corrupted when using the "Copy to output directory" option for Companion files in the Visual Studio extension

  • Reported by customer
    Next button incorrectly updated to "Install" text on Serene theme

  • Reported by customer
    Project file was changed automatically when visiting the "Organization" page

  • Reported by customer
    Forcing dark theme in the App Installer theme no longer worked when using a "Set installer property" custom action

  • Reported by customer
    FilesInUse dialog was not rendered as expected when using EXE package in the App Installer theme
  • Repackager failed to reconnect to Windows Sandbox after guest OS reboot
  • Kazakh language strings rendered as missing-glyph boxes in the installer Welcome dialog
  • Prerequisites set to install before the main package but after a Framework prerequisite were skipped if Windows 10 x64 was disabled
  • Next/Install button remained disabled in the Serene theme's LicenseAgreementDlg when using WinUI

  • Reported by customer
    The "Sign in /Register" button showed its own tab in the taskbar
  • "Copy to User Profile" custom action did not work after it was renamed
  • PSF Tracing failed when InstalledLocationVirtualization declaration was present
  • Already installed feature-based prerequisite was incorrectly selected with "Skip" action on the PrerequisitesDlg
  • Build error (MSI API 1627) when building a project with a Scheduled Task that had no schedule entries
  • "Do not display country name in language selection combo" option was visible in Updates and MSM project files

  • Reported by customer
    Fixed an issue where the Enhanced UI uninstaller executable was not digitally signed during the build process

  • Reported by customer
    Ignore Package Files option did not work correctly in a Patch project when multiple files were added at once
  • Incorrect landing page for the F1 shortcut key of the "Digital Signature" view in the Updates Configuration project