Releases: marcinotorowski/MSIX-Hero
Releases · marcinotorowski/MSIX-Hero
3.0.0
Feature highlights:
- New UI with card-based layout
- Multi-language support (English, German and Polish in this release)
- Support for displaying file and Registry virtualization options
- Ability to pin apps in the list view
- Improved package overview sidebar
- Reworked and extended PSF content viewer
- More info is now shown, for example total file size, host ID, build meta-data etc.
- Ability to open dependency packages
- New tab ("Advanced") in the app installer editor
- New dialog/tool + CLI command to create and deploy Shared Package Containers
- Function buttons (Start app, open installaction folder) are now also displayed in package dialog
- Restyled Event viewer, more filtering capabilities
- App attach settings extended (juntion points, generation strategy)
- Internal notifications using Windows style
- Internal SDK redistributables upgraded to newest version
- Improved performance of event logs and volumes pages
- Added certificate/timestamp validation button
- General improvements, stability and bug fixes
2.3.0
Feature highlights
- New command line verb
edit
for unattended MSIX editing. (#78)- Changing of package identity (
msixherocli.exe edit <path> setIdentity ...
) - Setting properties (
msixherocli.exe edit <path> setProperties ...
) - Adding standard, restricted or custom capability (
msixherocli.exe edit <path> addCapability ...
) - Setting build meta-data (
msixherocli.exe edit <path> setBuildMetaData ...
) - Deleting a file (
msixherocli.exe edit <path> deleteFile ...
) - Adding or replacing a file (
msixherocli.exe edit <path> addFile ...
) - Setting registry keys (
msixherocli.exe edit <path> setRegistryKey ...
) - Setting registry values (
msixherocli.exe edit <path> setRegistryValue ...
) - Deleting registry keys (
msixherocli.exe edit <path> deleteRegistryKey ...
) - Deleting registry values (
msixherocli.exe edit <path> deleteRegistryValue ...
) - Importing registry keys from file or local registry (
msixherocli.exe edit <path> importRegistry ...
) - Bulk editing and chaining (
msixherocli.exe edit <path> list ...
) - Call
msixherocli.exe edit <path> --help
for extensive help for all options. The<path>
in all above commands can be a manifest, MSIX or an unpacked package directory.
- Changing of package identity (
- Appinstaller editor dialog now supports package dependencies. (#131)
- In signing-related dialogs, timestamp server can be picked from a predefined list. (#129)
- New dialog to calculate package full name, publisher hash and PFN (4a93e4a)
Improvements
- Ability to filter package list by publisher hash or raw name/publisher. (950b514)
- Ability to skip the validation during packing (in both UI and command-line). (df57c79)
- Ability to remove unpacked folder after packing it to MSIX file. (2b9a665)
- Ability to remove MSIX file after unpacking it to a folder (in both UI and command-line). (2b9a665)
- Ability to copy package family name from the context menu (0f51c9e)
- Tim Mangan's PsfTooling and RayPack Express are now recognized and shown in the System Summary screen. (9143d70, 5023015)
- New visual style of the tool dashboard. (6da9433)
- Reworked running app indicator, which now works in real time and has some other improvements. (af59eb7)
- Better validation of package name, package version and resource ID in many UI dialogs (30ec7bd)
- Update impact dialog has now icons and better captions for duplicated files. (3e8bbb6, 32d0c5c)
Resolved issues
- Fixed sideloading and developer settings UI on Windows 10 (2004 and higher) and Windows 11. (#125)
- Fixed handling of timestamp-related exceptions from
signtool.exe
. (4e18658)
Technical changes and SDK updates
2.2.34
See http://msixhero.net/redirect/release-notes/2.2.34 for more details
- When signing or changing an existing MSIX package, the original build metadata will be now preserved (previous version were removing any custom attributes and/or pre-existing values) (#120)
- Fixed visual glitches related to acrylic backgrounds on maximized screen (4fdc7a7)
- Several internal changes and code improvements (2dfc024 and 2790978)
2.2.29
- It is now possible to pack a folder without a manifest
- Windows 11 is now correctly recognized in the package properties dialog (0cd4f1b)
- Ability to activate verbose logging + jump to logs folder (Settings screen)
- Fixed App Attach generation with message 'Successfully started the Shell Hardware Detection Service' (#118)
- Fixed
NullReferenceException
when searching the list and when certain packages are present on the system (#119) - General stability improvements
2.2.0
New features and highlights
- Winget editor has now more options and supports manifest format v1 (#110)
- Ability to view/edit package files and registry items (#111)
- App attach now supports bulk conversion and additional formats: VHDX and CIM (#113)
Other changed and improvements
- New navigation structure of the Package Properties panel (#111)
- The option to mount a registry has been removed – the new Registry control makes it obsolete (9eb4961).
- Improved parsing of errors reported by makeappx.exe (a02b4ac).
- Windows 10 21H1 is now correctly recognized by its marketing name (May 2021 Update) in various places (52b4468).
- Improved UTF-8 handling in saved files (a02b4ac).
- Minor UI improvements.
Resolved issues
- Fixed incorrect first-time validation of package signing settings, where the information about missing PFX files was shown (ca38766).
- Fix the button to open Store page that was available for non-store apps (bb7ef0f).
- Fixed
NullReferenceException
when copying install or user-profile path from the OPEN flyout (2f7bdf9).
2.1.4.0
2.1.0
New features and highlights
- Support for appinstaller optional and related packages in the App Installer editor (595dfde)
- It is now possible to control the level of animations and other UI-effects (f9478c8)
- Better performance on low-level/virtual machines or remote sessions (f9478c8)
Improvements
- New dashboard view (273889e)
- In case of errors when installing packages, the message shown in the UI is more precise (89414f4)
- It is now possible to add multiple files at once in the Sign Package dialog (19e6574)
- Minor UI changes and improvements (e234aa3, c7a543f)
- Package selector now supports the
.msixbundle
extension (4b4f1df) - Improved parsing of packages (84a9db4)
Resolved issues
- Fixed error when installing a bundle package (a6fe9cf, #10)
- Fixed Package URL not being saved after changing its value in the app installer editor (67197ec)
- Fixed missing parameter
--directory
in app attach dialog (f4030d6) - Fixed a problem with the Add Folder prompt, which did not support cancelling (a2f49a3)
2.0.68
2.0.68 (pre-release)
2.0.64
Improvements
- Added context menu item to open the Change Volume dialog for the selected package (18ad7af)
- Rewritten Update Impact analyzer (#94)
- Added duplication and bar layout views
- Added CLI support via
updateImpact
verb - Improved performance, especially for big packages
- Ability to export to XML and start a new comparison
- Minor UI changes (ef8ecc0)
- Changed colors of invalid input fields from red to yellow
- Validation icons are consistent (tab items, input texts, dialogs, the settings view)
- Tab items have now bigger padding
- Added extra help with tooltip in the Modification Package section, checkbox Copy to VFS
Bug fixes
- Fixed a problem with the partition drop-down, which was not showing any value in the Change Volume dialog (#90)
- Fixed a problem with invisible text on Windows 10 with dark mode enabled (#93)
- Fixed broken CLI verb
dependencies
(f244efd) - Fixed a problem with file overview in the Update impact dialog, which was not correct for packages having uncompressed Appx blocks (for example ZIP files) (#94)
- Fixed a regression in Winget editor, where the dialog would crash with "Invalid filter" exception (#95)
- Fixed a problem with Modification Package dialog, where the checkbox "Copy to VFS" was not reacting to changes of other controls (#92)