App-V Sequencer in ADK 20.04

Microsoft recently released the Windows ADK for Widows 10 version 20.04, and the version includes a new version of the App-V Sequencer. Here is what we know.

1) Although ADK components often work on OS versions other than the one it is released with, in this case you must use Windows 10 20.04 OS when using the ADK sequencer from …

PsfTooling 3.6

I’m happy to announce that version 3.6 of PsfTooling is now available in the Microsoft Store. As always, this is a free download. PsfTooling is used as an aid in conjunction with the Microsoft MSIX Packaging Tool to help inject and configure the PSF into MSIX packages.

For those unaware, PSF stands for Package Support Framework, an open source …

What’s new in the PSF April 2020

Back in February I posted this blog post describing changes that I was making to the PSF to improve app compat, along with a note that it might take a bit for Microsoft to integrate the Pull Request. 

For those unaware, PSF stands for Package Support Framework, an open source utility that I contribute to for helping traditional Win32 …

PsfTooling 3.5 for MSIX Repackaging

PassiveInstallassiveInstall version 3.5.0 was released today in the Microsoft Store. A free tool, it is used along with the Microsoft MSIX Packaging Tool to inject and configure the Package Support Framework to fix common issues seen in repackaging existing Win32 and DotNet Framework based applications for MSIX.

Version 3.5 includes a pre-built version of the PSF with the improvements I …

What’s new in the PSF Feb 2020

For those unaware, PSF stands for Package Support Framework, an open source utility that I contribute to for helping traditional Win32 and DotNet applications run inside the MSIX packaging container. This article contains information regarding new contributions.

First of all, the title of this article is a lie. The correct title for this article, if it weren’t so long, …

What’s new in the MSIX PSF: December 23, 2019

Microsoft hosts the Package Support Framework (PSF) on GitHub as an open source project for the community to contribute to here: https://github.com/microsoft/MSIX-PackageSupportFramework . The PSF is the helping arm for applications containing Win32/DotNet that want to run in the MSIX container.

This week we have some additional changes beyond what I wrote about less than two weeks ago here: https://www.tmurgent.com/TmBlog/?p=3000

PsfTooling 3.2 for MSIX Packaging

Today the PsfTooling version 3.2 was released in

the Microsoft Store toady. A free community tool, PsfTooling is used with MSIX Packaging tools where you want to add the latest version of the Package Support Framework (PSF) to your package.  This primarily means the Microsoft MSIX Packaging Tool (also free in the Store), but any vendor offering an installation monitoring …