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Feature highlights:

• New UI with card-based layout
• Multi-language support (English, German and Polish in this release)
• Support for displaying file and Registry virtualization options
• Ability to pin apps in the list view
• Improved package overview sidebar
  • Reworked and extended PSF content viewer
  • More info is now shown, for example total file size, host ID, build meta-data etc.
  • Ability to open dependency packages
• New tab ("Advanced") in the app installer editor
• New dialog/tool + CLI command to create and deploy Shared Package Containers
• Function buttons (Start app, open installaction folder) are now also displayed in package dialog
• Restyled Event viewer, more filtering capabilities
• App attach settings extended (juntion points, generation strategy)
• Internal notifications using Windows style
• Internal SDK redistributables upgraded to newest version
• Improved performance of event logs and volumes pages
• Added certificate/timestamp validation button
• General improvements, stability and bug fixes

Feature highlights

• New command line verb edit for unattended MSIX editing. (#78)
  • Changing of package identity (msixherocli.exe edit <path> setIdentity ...)
  • Setting properties (msixherocli.exe edit <path> setProperties ...)
  • Adding standard, restricted or custom capability (msixherocli.exe edit <path> addCapability ...)
  • Setting build meta-data (msixherocli.exe edit <path> setBuildMetaData ...)
  • Deleting a file (msixherocli.exe edit <path> deleteFile ...)
  • Adding or replacing a file (msixherocli.exe edit <path> addFile ...)
  • Setting registry keys (msixherocli.exe edit <path> setRegistryKey ...)
  • Setting registry values (msixherocli.exe edit <path> setRegistryValue ...)
  • Deleting registry keys (msixherocli.exe edit <path> deleteRegistryKey ...)
  • Deleting registry values (msixherocli.exe edit <path> deleteRegistryValue ...)
  • Importing registry keys from file or local registry (msixherocli.exe edit <path> importRegistry ...)
  • Bulk editing and chaining (msixherocli.exe edit <path> list ...)
  • Call msixherocli.exe edit <path> --help for extensive help for all options. The <path> in all above commands can be a manifest, MSIX or an unpacked package directory.
• Appinstaller editor dialog now supports package dependencies. (#131)
• In signing-related dialogs, timestamp server can be picked from a predefined list. (#129)
• New dialog to calculate package full name, publisher hash and PFN (4a93e4a5)

Improvements

• Ability to filter package list by publisher hash or raw name/publisher. (950b5148)
• Ability to skip the validation during packing (in both UI and command-line). (df57c79f)
• Ability to remove unpacked folder after packing it to MSIX file. (2b9a6657)
• Ability to remove MSIX file after unpacking it to a folder (in both UI and command-line). (2b9a6657)
• Ability to copy package family name from the context menu (0f51c9e5)
• Tim Mangan's PsfTooling and RayPack Express are now recognized and shown in the System Summary screen. (9143d703, 5023015b)
• New visual style of the tool dashboard. (6da9433)
• Reworked running app indicator, which now works in real time and has some other improvements. (af59eb7d)
• Better validation of package name, package version and resource ID in many UI dialogs (30ec7bd6)
• Update impact dialog has now icons and better captions for duplicated files. (3e8bbb67, 32d0c5ce)

Resolved issues

• Fixed sideloading and developer settings UI on Windows 10 (2004 and higher) and Windows 11. (#125)
• Fixed handling of timestamp-related exceptions from signtool.exe. (4e18658)

Technical changes and SDK updates

• Updated msixmgr (MSIX Core) to version 1.1.92. (b00746c1)
• Migrated MSIX Hero to .NET 6.0. (e546a32e)
• Reduced application size thanks to deprecation of older .NET Framework code. (4cd18578)
• Updated MSIX/Windows SDK to 10.0.22000.0. (2269bf46)

See http://msixhero.net/redirect/release-notes/2.2.34 for more details

• When signing or changing an existing MSIX package, the original build metadata will be now preserved (previous version were removing any custom attributes and/or pre-existing values) (#120)
• Fixed visual glitches related to acrylic backgrounds on maximized screen (4fdc7a77)
• Several internal changes and code improvements (2dfc024 and 2790978)

• It is now possible to pack a folder without a manifest
• Windows 11 is now correctly recognized in the package properties dialog (0cd4f1bf)
• Ability to activate verbose logging + jump to logs folder (Settings screen)
• Fixed App Attach generation with message 'Successfully started the Shell Hardware Detection Service' (#118)
• Fixed NullReferenceException when searching the list and when certain packages are present on the system (#119)
• General stability improvements

New features and highlights

• Winget editor has now more options and supports manifest format v1 (#110)
• Ability to view/edit package files and registry items (#111)
• App attach now supports bulk conversion and additional formats: VHDX and CIM (#113)

Other changed and improvements

• New navigation structure of the Package Properties panel (#111)
• The option to mount a registry has been removed – the new Registry control makes it obsolete (9eb4961c).
• Improved parsing of errors reported by makeappx.exe (a02b4ac9).
• Windows 10 21H1 is now correctly recognized by its marketing name (May 2021 Update) in various places (52b44688).
• Improved UTF-8 handling in saved files (a02b4ac9).
• Minor UI improvements.

Resolved issues

• Fixed incorrect first-time validation of package signing settings, where the information about missing PFX files was shown (ca38766f).
• Fix the button to open Store page that was available for non-store apps (bb7ef0f3).
• Fixed NullReferenceException when copying install or user-profile path from the OPEN flyout (2f7bdf98).

New features and highlights

• Winget editor has now more options and supports manifest format v1 (#110, 6e94350e)
• App attach now supports bulk conversion and additional formats: VHDX and CIM (#113, e907e72f)

Resolved issues

• Fixed packer functionality by always adding root UTF-8 declaration (a02b4ac9)
• Fixed refreshing of validation messages about missing PFX files (#112, ca38766f)

New features and highlights

• Support for appinstaller optional and related packages in the App Installer editor (595dfde3)
• It is now possible to control the level of animations and other UI-effects (f9478c80)
• Better performance on low-level/virtual machines or remote sessions (f9478c80)

Improvements

• New dashboard view (273889ed)
• In case of errors when installing packages, the message shown in the UI is more precise (89414f43)
• It is now possible to add multiple files at once in the Sign Package dialog (19e65748)
• Minor UI changes and improvements (e234aa33, c7a543fe)
• Package selector now supports the .msixbundle extension (4b4f1dfb)
• Improved parsing of packages (84a9db44)

Resolved issues

• Fixed error when installing a bundle package (a6fe9cf2, #10)
• Fixed Package URL not being saved after changing its value in the app installer editor (67197ec0)
• Fixed missing parameter --directory in app attach dialog (f4030d67)
• Fixed a problem with the Add Folder prompt, which did not support cancelling (a2f49a3b)

Improvements

• Better UI messages for winget CLI validation (#97)

Bug fixes

• Fix wrong owner of various message boxes (#96)
• Fix wrong checking for winget presence (#97)
• Fix "Parameter set cannot be resolved" when calling cert-related functions interoping with PS (#98)

Improvements

• Better UI messages for winget CLI validation (#97)

Bug fixes

• Fix wrong owner of various message boxes (#96)
• Fix wrong checking for winget presence (#97)
• Fix "Parameter set cannot be resolved" when calling cert-related functions interoping with PS (#98)

Improvements

• Added context menu item to open the Change Volume dialog for the selected package (18ad7af8)
• Rewritten Update Impact analyzer (#94)
  • Added duplication and bar layout views
  • Added CLI support via updateImpact verb
  • Improved performance, especially for big packages
  • Ability to export to XML and start a new comparison
• Minor UI changes (ef8ecc0d)
  • Changed colors of invalid input fields from red to yellow
  • Validation icons are consistent (tab items, input texts, dialogs, the settings view)
  • Tab items have now bigger padding
  • Added extra help with tooltip in the Modification Package section, checkbox Copy to VFS

Bug fixes

• Fixed a problem with the partition drop-down, which was not showing any value in the Change Volume dialog (#90)
• Fixed a problem with invisible text on Windows 10 with dark mode enabled (#93)
• Fixed broken CLI verb dependencies (f244efde)
• Fixed a problem with file overview in the Update impact dialog, which was not correct for packages having uncompressed Appx blocks (for example ZIP files) (#94)
• Fixed a regression in Winget editor, where the dialog would crash with "Invalid filter" exception (#95)
• Fixed a problem with Modification Package dialog, where the checkbox "Copy to VFS" was not reacting to changes of other controls (#92)