new affinity still gives you this nonsense choice before downloading with zero explanation lol
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
new affinity still gives you this nonsense choice before downloading with zero explanation lol
There's been lots of confusion around MSIX. In particular how it works with WinGet and even more so around system context. This is the first blog in a series of weekly posts coming about how MSIX actually works.
devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/t...
devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/t...
There is no Install - it's 'Stage' and 'Register' - Inside MSIX
“Is ContosoParts.msix installed?” is a common – but misleading – question The term install is not a formal concept in MSIX. This may seem paradoxical for a deployment technology, but it makes perfect ...
devblogs.microsoft.com
May 4, 2026 at 11:49 PM
There's been lots of confusion around MSIX. In particular how it works with WinGet and even more so around system context. This is the first blog in a series of weekly posts coming about how MSIX actually works.
devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/t...
devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/t...
I'm setting up a new laptop and hitting "class not registered" issues with Add-WindowsCapability, Get-WindowsOptionalFeature cmdlets from MSIX-installed elevated PowerShell 7.6. It's a known issue since 2020. How is this serious: github.com/PowerShell/P...
`Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online` fails on PowerShell from MSIX installation - [Get-WindowsOptionalFeature: Class not registered] · Issue #13866 · PowerShell/PowerShell
Steps to reproduce Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online >Get-WindowsOptionalFeature: Class not registered get-error Exception : Type : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ErrorCode : -2147221...
github.com
September 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I'm setting up a new laptop and hitting "class not registered" issues with Add-WindowsCapability, Get-WindowsOptionalFeature cmdlets from MSIX-installed elevated PowerShell 7.6. It's a known issue since 2020. How is this serious: github.com/PowerShell/P...
Build #MSIX packages for modern app deployment. MSIX package authoring lets #developers and #IT teams build modern #Windows application packages with controlled #software-installation, updating and removal. Compare leading deployment and release tools.
Build MSIX Packages for Modern App Deployment
MSIX package authoring lets developers and IT teams build modern Windows application packages with controlled installation, updating and removal.
www.componentsource.com
September 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Build #MSIX packages for modern app deployment. MSIX package authoring lets #developers and #IT teams build modern #Windows application packages with controlled #software-installation, updating and removal. Compare leading deployment and release tools.
MSIX bundle let's gooo
February 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
MSIX bundle let's gooo
Footprint vs Payload files | Inside MSIX by Howard Kapustein
buff.ly/0lq4z2H
#windowsdev #architecture #packaging #msix #softwaredev #appdev
buff.ly/0lq4z2H
#windowsdev #architecture #packaging #msix #softwaredev #appdev
Footprint vs Payload files - Inside MSIX
Understand MSIX footprint and payload files, their roles in a package, and why “content file” can be ambiguous.
buff.ly
September 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Footprint vs Payload files | Inside MSIX by Howard Kapustein
buff.ly/0lq4z2H
#windowsdev #architecture #packaging #msix #softwaredev #appdev
buff.ly/0lq4z2H
#windowsdev #architecture #packaging #msix #softwaredev #appdev
The design of MSIX has real consequences: by deprecating the MSRDC *MSI* installer in favor of the Windows App *MSIX*, we lose the ability to call msrdc.exe or load rdclientax.dll directly. The workaround is to copy the files to a temporary location, but then what's the point of MSIX?
March 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The design of MSIX has real consequences: by deprecating the MSRDC *MSI* installer in favor of the Windows App *MSIX*, we lose the ability to call msrdc.exe or load rdclientax.dll directly. The workaround is to copy the files to a temporary location, but then what's the point of MSIX?
New blog post series! 📰 Everything wrong with MSIX, starting with how it cannot be used in a system context, such as system services. This affects WinGet, PowerShell, and a lot of other software 👇💻
awakecoding.com/posts/everyt...
awakecoding.com/posts/everyt...
Everything Wrong with MSIX: No System Context
PowerShell's MSI deprecation exposes the problem with treating MSIX like a better MSI: user-registered packages can disappear from SYSTEM, breaking services, scheduled tasks, remoting, and automation.
awakecoding.com
May 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
New blog post series! 📰 Everything wrong with MSIX, starting with how it cannot be used in a system context, such as system services. This affects WinGet, PowerShell, and a lot of other software 👇💻
awakecoding.com/posts/everyt...
awakecoding.com/posts/everyt...
Renewing code signing certificates is painful, but did you know that MSIX packages need to be published with the old certificate prior to expiration to declare the new certificate in the AppxManifest.xml, otherwise the MSIX won't update anymore? learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
MSIX Persistent Identity - MSIX
This article describes how to sign a package with a different certificate while maintaining the app update experience
learn.microsoft.com
May 8, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Renewing code signing certificates is painful, but did you know that MSIX packages need to be published with the old certificate prior to expiration to declare the new certificate in the AppxManifest.xml, otherwise the MSIX won't update anymore? learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
New MSIX blog post! 📰 This time: the virtual filesystem trap. MSIX does not just change how apps are packaged, it changes where binaries and settings live. That makes MSI-to-MSIX migration, rollback, scripts, and support workflows much harder 👇💻
awakecoding.com/posts/everyt...
awakecoding.com/posts/everyt...
Everything Wrong with MSIX: The Virtual Filesystem Trap
MSIX solves real packaging problems, but package identity and filesystem virtualization change where applications and settings live. For ISVs, the settings path is the bigger risk: customer state, rol...
awakecoding.com
June 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
New MSIX blog post! 📰 This time: the virtual filesystem trap. MSIX does not just change how apps are packaged, it changes where binaries and settings live. That makes MSI-to-MSIX migration, rollback, scripts, and support workflows much harder 👇💻
awakecoding.com/posts/everyt...
awakecoding.com/posts/everyt...
Good counterpoint to the ongoing msix debate. Hopefully these get addressed for PS7.7!
Everything Wrong with MSIX: No System Context
PowerShell's MSI deprecation exposes the problem with treating MSIX like a better MSI: user-registered packages can disappear from SYSTEM, breaking services, scheduled tasks, remoting, and automation.
awakecoding.com
May 7, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Good counterpoint to the ongoing msix debate. Hopefully these get addressed for PS7.7!
Seeing as #PowerShell 7.7 will be msix-only on windows, we all better learn how it works, thankfully Dimitrius to the rescue!
There's been lots of confusion around MSIX. In particular how it works with WinGet and even more so around system context. This is the first blog in a series of weekly posts coming about how MSIX actually works.
devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/t...
devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/t...
There is no Install - it's 'Stage' and 'Register' - Inside MSIX
“Is ContosoParts.msix installed?” is a common – but misleading – question The term install is not a formal concept in MSIX. This may seem paradoxical for a deployment technology, but it makes perfect ...
devblogs.microsoft.com
May 5, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Seeing as #PowerShell 7.7 will be msix-only on windows, we all better learn how it works, thankfully Dimitrius to the rescue!
I like the install flow of MSIX/AppInstaller files, but it's annoying that they *have* to be codesigned for users to easily install them...
April 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I like the install flow of MSIX/AppInstaller files, but it's annoying that they *have* to be codesigned for users to easily install them...
I have no idea if the msix works, I needed this build to validate that 😂
📦 v26.10.0
Bug Fixes
* init: take into account config file path
* log: enable plain mode correctly
Features
* windows: add msix installer
#oh-my-posh #oss #cli #opensource
Bug Fixes
* init: take into account config file path
* log: enable plain mode correctly
Features
* windows: add msix installer
#oh-my-posh #oss #cli #opensource
The best release yet 🚀
v26.10.0
github.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I have no idea if the msix works, I needed this build to validate that 😂
New blog post! 🖋In this blog post I show how to migrate an MSIX package to App attach using commands from #microsoft
#apps #migrate #azure #azurevirtualdesktop #MVPBuzz
johanvanneuville.com/application/...
#apps #migrate #azure #azurevirtualdesktop #MVPBuzz
johanvanneuville.com/application/...
Migrate an MSIX package to App Attach - Johan Vanneuville
Hello, Microsoft released App Attach this year as the successor for MSIX App Attach. There is a good chance you are already using MSIX packages. For this reason Microsoft has released scripts to conve...
johanvanneuville.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:38 AM
New blog post! 🖋In this blog post I show how to migrate an MSIX package to App attach using commands from #microsoft
#apps #migrate #azure #azurevirtualdesktop #MVPBuzz
johanvanneuville.com/application/...
#apps #migrate #azure #azurevirtualdesktop #MVPBuzz
johanvanneuville.com/application/...
Firefox now gives Windows users the ability to change their default browser icon in Settings (except for MSIX installs). Support for MSIX installs, macOS and Linux is coming soon.
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi...
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi...
2053546 - Move browserIcon.ftl strings into preferences.ftl and enable browser.shell.customIcon.enabled by default to ride the trains
RESOLVED (mconley) in Firefox - Settings UI. Last updated 2026-07-16.
bugzilla.mozilla.org
July 17, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Firefox now gives Windows users the ability to change their default browser icon in Settings (except for MSIX installs). Support for MSIX installs, macOS and Linux is coming soon.
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi...
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi...
Just Blogged: dvlup.com/blog/2024.03...
Where I show you how to use GitHub Actions to code sign your .NET MAUI WinUI's MSIX packages without a single password or secret.
Where I show you how to use GitHub Actions to code sign your .NET MAUI WinUI's MSIX packages without a single password or secret.
March 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Just Blogged: dvlup.com/blog/2024.03...
Where I show you how to use GitHub Actions to code sign your .NET MAUI WinUI's MSIX packages without a single password or secret.
Where I show you how to use GitHub Actions to code sign your .NET MAUI WinUI's MSIX packages without a single password or secret.
Confirmed this behaviour with Firefox 135.0.1 (64-bit MSIX) on Win11. Very very shitty behaviour.
February 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Confirmed this behaviour with Firefox 135.0.1 (64-bit MSIX) on Win11. Very very shitty behaviour.
All solutions involve bypassing MSIX packaging:
1) Ship an MSI installer of Windows App
2) Allow redistribution of MSRDC
3) Manually copy MSRDC files outside of Windows App
If we have to bypass MSIX, then MSIX is the problem. Either fix it or ditch it, it's bad packaging technology
1) Ship an MSI installer of Windows App
2) Allow redistribution of MSRDC
3) Manually copy MSRDC files outside of Windows App
If we have to bypass MSIX, then MSIX is the problem. Either fix it or ditch it, it's bad packaging technology
March 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
All solutions involve bypassing MSIX packaging:
1) Ship an MSI installer of Windows App
2) Allow redistribution of MSRDC
3) Manually copy MSRDC files outside of Windows App
If we have to bypass MSIX, then MSIX is the problem. Either fix it or ditch it, it's bad packaging technology
1) Ship an MSI installer of Windows App
2) Allow redistribution of MSRDC
3) Manually copy MSRDC files outside of Windows App
If we have to bypass MSIX, then MSIX is the problem. Either fix it or ditch it, it's bad packaging technology
WinApp CLI = instant Windows superpowers ⚡📦
Grant package identity, run w/ Windows APIs, pack MSIX, generate certs, trim WinRT, and even F5‑debug in #VSCode.
winapp init → identity
winapp pack → MSIX
🎧 Read the blog: buff.ly/BDWjMnA
#dotNET
Grant package identity, run w/ Windows APIs, pack MSIX, generate certs, trim WinRT, and even F5‑debug in #VSCode.
winapp init → identity
winapp pack → MSIX
🎧 Read the blog: buff.ly/BDWjMnA
#dotNET
July 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM
WinApp CLI = instant Windows superpowers ⚡📦
Grant package identity, run w/ Windows APIs, pack MSIX, generate certs, trim WinRT, and even F5‑debug in #VSCode.
winapp init → identity
winapp pack → MSIX
🎧 Read the blog: buff.ly/BDWjMnA
#dotNET
Grant package identity, run w/ Windows APIs, pack MSIX, generate certs, trim WinRT, and even F5‑debug in #VSCode.
winapp init → identity
winapp pack → MSIX
🎧 Read the blog: buff.ly/BDWjMnA
#dotNET
[Nightly Blog] Icons! Lots of them! – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 206
blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/08/25/i...
blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/08/25/i...
Icons! Lots of them! – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 206 – Firefox Nightly News
Highlights Starting in Firefox 154, we’ve added a new capability for changing the default browser icon for Windows (Windows-only, for now, and not MSIX / Store installs) in about:settings#appearance...
blog.nightly.mozilla.org
September 2, 2026 at 7:05 AM
[Nightly Blog] Icons! Lots of them! – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 206
blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/08/25/i...
blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/08/25/i...
Want #PowerShell 7.7 Preview1 installed side-by-side with your current pwsh, and don't feel like dealing with MSIX? Try multi-pwsh! 👇
multi-pwsh install 7.7 --include-prerelease
github.com/Devolutions/...
multi-pwsh install 7.7 --include-prerelease
github.com/Devolutions/...
May 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Want #PowerShell 7.7 Preview1 installed side-by-side with your current pwsh, and don't feel like dealing with MSIX? Try multi-pwsh! 👇
multi-pwsh install 7.7 --include-prerelease
github.com/Devolutions/...
multi-pwsh install 7.7 --include-prerelease
github.com/Devolutions/...
PowerShell always had an MSI package that you could download and distribute yourself to install and update, starting with Preview 1 of v7.7, which has changed to MSIX. In this short blog post, I will explain what this means.
#PowerShell #MSI #MSIX
powershellisfun.com/2026/04/10/p...
#PowerShell #MSI #MSIX
powershellisfun.com/2026/04/10/p...
PowerShell is fun :)PowerShell MSI Package Deprecation starting with the new preview updates (v7.7 Preview 1)
PowerShell always had an MSI package that you could download and distribute yourself to install and update, starting with Preview 1 of v7.7, which has changed to MSIX. In this short blog post, I wi…
powershellisfun.com
April 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
PowerShell always had an MSI package that you could download and distribute yourself to install and update, starting with Preview 1 of v7.7, which has changed to MSIX. In this short blog post, I will explain what this means.
#PowerShell #MSI #MSIX
powershellisfun.com/2026/04/10/p...
#PowerShell #MSI #MSIX
powershellisfun.com/2026/04/10/p...