For years I have heard from customers and vendors in the packaging and application delivery businesses about how there isn’t a good place anymore to find information on applications. Long ago there was a good site (created by Bob Kelly) named AppDeploy but that was sold to a vendor and renamed to ITNinja and, well let’s just say it stopped …
Author: Tim Mangan
Tim is a Microsoft MVP, and a Citrix CTP Fellow.
He is an expert in App-V and MSIX.
Tripple Releases for awesome MSIX packaging
This post documents the April (2022) releases for MSIX. There are three parts:
- PSF v2022.04.27
- PsfTooling 5.2.0.0
- TMEditX 2.2.0.0
Each have their own section in this post below.
PsfTooling 5.0 now available
PsfTooling version 5.0 is now released.
- It is available for download now from the TMurgent site: PsfTooling (tmurgent.com)
- It is now available from the Microsoft Store: PsfTooling at Microsoft Store
Included in this release:
- PSF release 2022.02.28. Described in this post: PSF Feb 2022 Updates – Confessions of a Guru (tmurgent.com). This also includes the changes in the January
PSF Feb 2022 Updates

The Package Support Framework (PSF) was started by Microsoft as an Open Source Project to help Win32 and .Net Framework based software operate in the new MSIX Container runtime, however the latest changes are now made in my own fork at https://github.com/TimMangan/MSIX-PackageSupportFramework/tree/develop .
The “v.2022.02.28” release adds additional updates to the PSF to improve compatibility with older applications.
Modernization of …
MSIX with (finally) Context Menus with caveat
Before we see this work, there is a need for some technology background…
The old way
There are many Windows-based applications that are designed to use some of the numerous interfaces that are built into Windows Explorer that exist for the purpose of making it quite easy to access the app (full app, or part of it) without the user …
TMEditX Version 2.0 now available!
Version 2.0.0.0 of TMEditX has now been released. The change to version 2 represents the culmination of a years’ worth of work to make successful packaging with MSIX a whole lot easier. Better analysis, improved workflows to implement recommended changes, and a better PSF so that we can make apps better!

A short summary of the changes since last month …
New in the PSF v2022.01.19
The Package Support Framework (PSF) was started by Microsoft as an Open Source Project to help Win32 and .Net Framework based software operate in the new MSIX Container runtime, however the latest changes are now made in my own fork at https://github.com/TimMangan/MSIX-PackageSupportFramework/tree/develop .
The “v.2022.01.19” release completes the updates began last fall to clear up a slew of issues. It …
Update on App-V Sequencer Versions
Now that I’m back in the lab I’ve had a chance to test the latest ADK Sequencer for App-V. Here are the results:
- The best sequencer for packaging on Windows 10 is generally the Windows 10 2004 ADK. This addresses the “short name” issue in prior versions, however this sequencer may not be installed on OS versions prior to Win10