Why we think MSIX is now ready

Last week, at AppManagEvent in The Netherlands, we declared that (finally) MSIX is ready to be the first choice for enterprises to choose when repackaging applications for delivery to Windows.

It has been a long road for MSIX. When introduced 6 years ago, we said two things about MSIX:

  • It would become the future of applications, replacing App-V and

TMEditX 5.1 Release

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

Features and Fixes

TMEditX:

  • Feature
  • The new TMEditX 5.0 Mega-release

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

    TMEditX 5.0 has been released!

    This is a big release, significantly improving your ability to get more apps working under MSIX.  Preliminary app-compatibility testing against

    New addition to the PSF: PsfFtaCom

    Psf Logo

    The Package Support Framework (PSF) was originally a Microsoft 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.

    In the new release of the PSF we are now including a new component to help solve one of our constant challenges …

    Experiences in porting UWP app to Win3 and .Net 8

    Sometimes I play a developer on the Internet. This is one such day. Let me tell you about my latest experience…

    Background

    I have a looooong running side project that I started over 40 years ago.

    I was a developer writing in a variant of Fortran on proprietary hardware, OS, and even are own compilers. The company decided to get …

    MSIX Shortcuts Revised

    These last couple of weeks I have been busy researching into problems some customers were having with MSIX packages with shortcuts. This post will bring you up to date on some new information on how MSIX works, and details on how TMEditX is changing handling these issues starting in version 4.6.

    History of the source of the problems

    Traditionally applications …

    Patch to the PSF, PsfTooling, and TMEditX for Windows 10

    Last week I posted on social media about an issue we ran into in our current training class.  The issue was preventing apps that included the PSF from working on certain Windows 10 operating systems.

    The problem has been identified and fixed, resulting in a slew of releases:

    • PSF version v2024.06.07 of the TimMangan fork of the Package Support Framework.

    PsfTooling 6.9 Release

     PsfTooling is the free tool to work in conjunction with the Microsoft MSIX Packaging Tool.   [Download_Page]

     

    Release Notes:

    • Uses PSF version v2024.02.04, plus a small patch for the next release, from the TimMangan branch.
    • Fix to ensure PSF dependencies are included when using the PsfTrace or FileRedirection Fixups.

    Availability:

    This release is available immediately from the TMurgent …