Blogs from TMurgent
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 …
Microsoft added a custom UI option for MSIX Packages several years back, but the only reference to it was a web page How to create a custom App Installer UX – MSIX | Microsoft Learn that contained the following notice:
Because of this note, we have been ignoring this capability. I recently detected that the page had been updated, although …
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]
It took a while to get this release out due to our busy schedule, but here it is! Link to the download page: TMEditX Download (tmurgent.com)
The 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 …
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 …
The 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:
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 …
This article describes support for MSIX Package Signing by TMEditX when using the new DigiCert KeyLocker Code-Signing service. It will be included in version 3.4 of TMEditX.
Until recently, you had three choices when it came to the signing of your MSIX packages:
