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Advanced Installer 23.5.1 was released on February 28th, 2026
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Full View / NID: 98544 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Advanced Installer 23.5 was released on February 26th, 2026
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Full View / NID: 98537 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Updates are an important part of any application. They allow you to deliver fixes, improvements, and security patches. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98536 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Version 23.5 brings a new layer of security and reliability to your installers, protecting custom actions from tampering while ensuring more predictable behavior during setup. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98538 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Many vendors, or even some IT infrastructure landscapes, may want the EXE installer icon changed. This is done for many reasons, including branding and marketing purposes, but it may also give users confidence that the downloaded installer is from the vendor. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98519 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Digital Signing should be a formality for professionals. It’s been almost 30 years since the first software was digitally signed but we still have many users who don’t know how or why they should use a code signing certificate. We need it to protect their intellectual property and enhance the cybersecurity of their end-users. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98520 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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In early 2026, reports disclosed that the update mechanism for Notepad++ had been compromised. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98492 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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There are many tools that are designed to assist you in managing all aspects of it. In the application management area, there is also the free Squirrel project, available on GitHub. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98491 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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While it might not be a high-demand scenario in the industry, there are many cases where you might want to convert your HTML to an EXE. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98455 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Have you recently noticed unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts when launching MSI-installed applications, especially when using advertised shortcuts or opening associated files? [...]
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Full View / NID: 98454 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Managing printers with PowerShell gives you a scriptable approach to add or remove printers, list installed printers, or set a default printer. This approach is especially useful in environments where automation, consistency across machines, or mass deployment is required – for example, using deployment tools like ConfigMgr (SCCM) or Intune. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98411 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Universal Windows Platform applications, often called UWP, are a Microsoft application model that debuted with Windows 8 and continued to evolve in the Windows 10 era. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98410 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Welcome to Advanced Installer 23.4, which introduces a set of new features and improvements designed to strengthen security, automation, UI consistency, and overall stability. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98409 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Advanced Installer 23.4 was released on January 26th, 2026
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Full View / NID: 98400 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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In April 2025, version 6.0.0 of WiX Toolset introduced the Open Source Maintenance Fee (OSMF), and since then, IT professionals have been reviewing and reassessing how they build and maintain their installers, as well as how they budget for their infrastructure. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98402 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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In a previous blog article, we discussed what an EXE setup file is, the difference between EXE and MSI installers, and other general details related to Windows’ setup.exe. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98401 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Winget is becoming increasingly popular, and the official repository is growing larger as new applications are added. Many ISVs who place their apps on the repository already have a well-established process to keep them up to date. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98347 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Starting with Advanced Installer version 23.0, you can bundle multiple applications into an installer that acts as an application store, allowing your users to choose which app to install. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98285 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Understanding how actions are sequenced when building or customizing Windows Installer (MSI) packages is essential. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98284 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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What version of Windows do I have? This is a far more common question than we’d think. Checking the OS version is important in software packaging and deployment, especially in the modern world. Each new OS version may include new functionality that third-party software developers can use. In cases like this, it is recommended to first check the actual OS version before installing or updating the software. [...]
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Full View / NID: 98270 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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