Changelog — MSIXForcelets

v1.0.4 latest

PSF reliability fixes, application-variant and configuration improvements.

PSF config reliability fixes — isReadOnly and the monitor wait flag are now written into config.json as JSON booleans (previously quoted strings), which fixed a FixupEntryPoint 0x23e that could stop a fixed app from starting. Windows paths whose segments look like escape sequences (e.g. \firefox.exe, \b, \t) are now escaped correctly when generating config.json, fixing corrupted executable paths.
New-MSIXApplicationVariant — -DisplayName sets the cloned application’s Start-menu name, and -NoExtensions clones a pure launcher variant without the FTA/protocol extensions. Clones reuse the source application’s icon assets — no regeneration required.
Set-MSIXForceletsConfiguration — -PSFDebugLevel now takes named levels ('0=Disable' … '20=Debug supermax') instead of raw numbers, and the new -PSFEnableReportError toggles the PSF error dialogs for debugging.
Set-MSIXActivePSFFramework — tab-completion for -Framework offers the installed families and the downloaded release builds.
Add-MSIXPSFMonitor — -Executable is now optional (defaults to the in-package PsfMonitor path) and a monitor process exclusion is added automatically so the monitor is not re-injected into itself.
Remove-MSIXDependencies — -Name now accepts wildcards, e.g. Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime*.

File type associations, application editing, icon repair, packaging refinements.

File type associations — Add/Get/Set/Remove-MSIXFileTypeAssociation manage windows.fileTypeAssociation entries (extensions, verbs, logo) per application.
Set-MSIXApplication — rename the Id (-NewId), repoint the launcher (-Executable), set the working directory and default parameters (uap11) and toggle autostart (windows.startupTask) via -Autostart.
Set-MSIXApplicationIcon — regenerates transparent icon assets (incl. unplated target sizes) and wires them into an application’s VisualElements in one call — fixing boxed/plated Start-menu and taskbar icons.
Packaging refinements — New-MSIXAssetFrom -IncludeUnplatedTargetSizes; Close-MSIXPackage -PrettyPrint / -RegenerateResource (makepri); reworked flexible virtualization (Disable / Directory / Registry sets with selective HKCU-key and AppData-folder exclusions); Add-MSIXDesktop7Shortcut -SubFolder plus package-level shortcut handling; Set-MSIXSignature -NoTimestamp; Open-MSIXPackage resolves relative -MsixFile paths; Get-MSIXApplications also returns uap11 working directory/parameters and autostart state.
Breaking change — Add-MSIXDisableVREGOrRegistryWrite renamed to Add-MSIXDisableWriteVirtualization (clearer name; covers file-system and registry write virtualization).

Tags, Update-MSIXTMPSF format fix, umbrella update cmdlet.

Update-MSIXTMPSF — now handles both Tim Mangan PSF release formats: the legacy single ZipRelease*.zip wrapper and the newer DebugPsf.zip + ReleasePsf.zip pair (introduced in v2026.05.01). Without this fix the cmdlet silently fell back to the previous release that still shipped the wrapper.
Install-MSIXForceletsAllRequirements — new umbrella cmdlet that downloads/updates the MSIX tooling (MSIX Core + SDK Packaging Tools), Tim Mangan’s PSF and the Microsoft PSF in one call. Use -Skip* switches to opt out of individual parts; -Force re-downloads existing components.
Discoverability — expanded PowerShell Gallery tags: CodeSigning, Signing, Manifest, AppAttach, AVD, AzureVirtualDesktop, Repackaging, desktop7, AppV.

Initial PowerShell Gallery release.

Full MSIX/AppX edit workflow — Open-MSIXPackage / Close-MSIXPackage, Set-MSIXPublisher, Set-MSIXSignature, Set-MSIXPackageVersion, Test-MSIXSignature.
Package Support Framework integration — Add-MSIXPsfFrameworkFiles, Add-MSXIXPSFShim, MFRFixup, RegLegacyFixups, FileRedirectionFixup, DynamicLibraryFixup, EnvVarFixup, PSF PowerShell scripts, FTA/COM and monitor/tracing helpers.
desktop7:Shortcut management — Add/Get/Remove/Repair-MSIXDesktop7Shortcut with per-user-location defaults and custom icon support.
Ready-made application fixes — Acrobat Reader DC, GIMP, LibreOffice, Notepad++, SSMS, WinRAR (incl. modern shell) and more.
Assets, variants & App Attach — New-MSIXAssetFrom, New-MSIXApplicationVariant, capabilities, services, dependencies, App Attach (New-MSIXAppAttachImage, New-MSIXDynamicAppAttachDisk) and self-signing certificates.
Tooling helpers — Update-MSIXTooling, Update-MSIXTMPSF, Update-MSIXMicrosoftPSF. Large binaries (MSIX SDK, PSF redistributables) are downloaded on demand and are not shipped in the package.