TMEditX 3.7 Release

TMEditX is the licensed and much more capable tool for fixing up MSIX packages since it doesn’t have to depend on the Microsoft MSIX Packaging Tool to create the final package.  [Download_page]

To wrap up the end of the year, we have a bevy of new features to improve your packaging! The PSF version remains the same this release (v2023.08.28 …

(MSIX) AppAttach with TMEditX

AppAttach is a technique that uses “application layering” methods to quickly mount and publish MSIX applications in non-persistent (pooled) VDI scenarios and shared operating systems like RDS and Multi-user Windows 10.

MSIX AppAttach is the Microsoft-branded feature for Azure Virtual Desktops that uses this technique to deploy applications to AVD sessions. Other vendors with application management features also use this

The Strange New Twists in Notepad++ Context Menu

Notepad++ logoThe wicked cool open-source application Notepad++, a free XML editing tool, is an example of an app commonly deployed in enterprises that not only has a shortcut to start the application, but also uses the Windows file explorer File Type Associations to allow the end user to launch Notepad++ from any file on the system by right-clicking.

This app has …

New and Odd: Investigating StateRepsotory on Win 10/11

I have run into, and have been investigating a feature of the modern Windows Operating System that holds some of the magic used to integrate modern applications when they are installed. This feature I call StateRepository.

When traditional applications, those built using Win32 or .Net Framework API sets, are installed into the OS, they integrate by either placing files …

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Psf v2023.08.28

Psf LogoThe Package Support Framework (PSF) was originally an open-source project to help Win32/DotNet applications run when inside an MSIX Container.  TMurgent has taken up the support for the PSF in our own fork here on GitHub.

A new update to the PSF has been released. From the release notes:

  • PsfRuntime: Cross-architecture (bitness) issues for injection of PsfRuntime into a
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TMEditX 3.4 Released

TMEditX is the licensed and more capable tool for fixing up MSIX packages since it doesn’t have to depend on the Microsoft MSIX Packaging Tool to create the final package.  [Download_page]

Version 3.4 of TMEditX is now released. It includes a number of new features, improvements, and bug-fixes for the mid-summer season.  The tool consists of three major applications, plus …