Blogs from TMurgent
Today there is a new version of PsfTooling up in the Microsoft Store. A free tool, it works in conjunction with the Microsoft MSIX Packaging Tool to add and configure the MSIX Package Support Framework into your package capture.
So what’s new in version 4.1?
Today I am happy to announce that version 4 of PsfTooling is now available from the Microsoft Store. A free tool, it is used in conjunction with the Microsoft MSIX Packaging tool to add and configure the Package Support Framework (PSF) during the repackaging process.
The changes in this new version include:
Hurray! Another Pull Request of mine has been accepted into the Package Support Framework Develop branch. This one, PR #150, adds another new registry fixup.
The MSIX runtime protects the registry assets of the package from deletion. This can be a problem for applications that assume that they can remove registry keys and items. In the …
Oops, I did it again! Another Pull Request of mine has been accepted into the Package Support Framework Develop branch. This one is small, but makes debugging of launch issues with the PSF easier solves, and a couple of blocking issues affecting at least one app each.
With the updates to the MSIX Package Support Framework for June 2020, described in https://www.tmurgent.com/TmBlog/?p=3095, I added a new type of fixup to the PSF, RegLegacyFixups.
Version 3.8 of PsfTooling is now available up in the Microsoft Store. This free tool is used alongside the Microsoft MSIX Packaging Tool to add and configure the PSF into your recaptured package.…
My latest submission has been integrated into the Develop branch to the Package Support Framework GitHub repository. PR#145 adds a new type of fixup, RegLegacyFixups, created for certain Registry issues seen in some packages. There are a couple of small fixes added to standard components as well (see the Pull Request for details on those), but the new …
The new DynamicLibraryFixup component of the Package Support Framework simplifies the task of ensuring that processes in your package find dlls that are also in your package.
Applications use a variety of techniques to ensure that the exe used to start a process can load the dll files they require. In general, the dll is loaded through a Windows …
assiveInstall version 3.5.0 was released today in the Microsoft Store. A free tool, it is used along with the Microsoft MSIX Packaging Tool to inject and configure the Package Support Framework to fix common issues seen in repackaging existing Win32 and DotNet Framework based applications for MSIX.
Version 3.5 includes a pre-built version of the PSF with the improvements I …
