On October 21st, a security patch for PHP was publicly announced.

Version 24.1 is now available and brings improvements to custom action management, Azure Key Vault signing, PowerShell automation, and packaging workflows.

Advanced Installer 24.1 introduces highly requested improvements, including a redesigned Custom Actions view for easier management, more flexible Azure Key Vault signing with new authentication options, and expanded PowerShell automation capabilities across multiple project areas.

Scenario: A legacy Java desktop application works when installed using a classic MSI setup. When repackaged as an MSIX, it installs successfully but fails at application runtime with a “Failed to load the JNI shared library” error.

With MSIX, it is logical to assume that the name of an application the user sees is the same name that Windows uses to identify the package.

Starting with Advanced Installer 24.0, you can add application prerequisites directly from the WinGet repository.

Let’s say you have an application that has multiple features, and you want to give the end user the option to select which one to get installed.

The user interface is a key part of any application, and the same applies to its installer.

We wrote a certain approach that you could use if you don’t want to publish your MSIX package to the Microsoft Store and instead want to use your own website.

Advanced Installer 24.0 in summary:

Advanced Installer 24.0 is the biggest release of 2026. This version brings you major new features and improvements, standing on over 20 years of application packaging experience.

Starting with Advanced Installer version 24.0, you can include prerequisites in your installer directly from the WinGet repository.

Before version 24.0, when you published application updates with Advanced Installer, you had to host the updates configuration file and the corresponding installer package on your own server.

As an application packager, once you are done with your installer, it’s time for deployment, which is usually done via Intune, SCCM, or other configuration management tools.

We are very excited to inform you that, starting with version 24.0, Advanced Installer gets its own integrated AI Assistant!

If you’ve repackaged more than a handful of legacy installers into MSIX, you’ve probably noticed that in order to build an MSIX, you need to have at least one application defined before the package can go through. Even Advanced Installer has a hard stop when it comes to this because it will not let you remove all the applications inside the Application Details Page.

There may be cases when you have an in-house web application or simply a website, and you want to offer your users a true Windows desktop app experience.

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Secure software distribution depends on digital certificates. They validate applications and guarantee that users receive software from trusted publishers.

Version 23.9 is now available and includes new capabilities for certificate validation, expanded virtualization support, improved registry component handling, and additional SBOM customization options.