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 …
Category: Packaging
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 …
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
Psf v2021.12.07 Released
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 “Post-Thanksgiving” release brings in some additional changes in the PSF for at least one …
New in PSF 2021.11.02 Release!
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
November brings new changes to the PSF, and while some much needed improvements are part of the mix, …
MSIX with PSF Now Simplified
Yesterday, I announced the formalization and availability of my own branch of the PSF to support MSIX in this blob post: New home for the PSF: 2021 Sept – Confessions of a Guru (tmurgent.com). Today, I am following up with announcements of two important software releases (immediately available) to leverage this improved version of the PSF.
In both cases, …