Alchemy May 2025

Last Updated: 27th May, 2025.

Note: To view issues you may encounter when using Alchemy that we are working to address in future releases, see Known Issues.

Auto Packager

4.7.2505.53514 (Released 27th May)

New Features

  • Updated AAV component to 4.7.2505.28358.

  • Added the EnableLongPaths feature as an inactive feature in AAV.clc.

  • Added support for AutoPackager to extract an AppBundle.zip, and move the filesystem into a ProgData folder.

4.7.2505.52674 (Released 6th May)

New Features

  • During the packaging phase, any captured service subkeys are now automatically written into the Services.xml file.

  • The Exclusion List was updated to include the following files:

    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge

    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore

    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate

    • "%ProgramData%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Microsoft Edge.lnk"

  • Updated the AAV component to 4.7.2504.28332.

  • Updated the Package Runtimes component to 4.7.2504.4121.

AAV

4.7.2505.28358 (Released 23rd May)

Bug Fixes

Improved the events backup mechanism for the PostProgramStop event, to ensure consistency with other event types.

New Features

Added a new feature to enable long path support in applications that do not natively support it. This feature resolves the issue caused by the Windows API not supporting long file paths, due to the MAX_PATH limit being set to 260 characters by default.

4.7.2504.28332 (Released 1st May)

Bug Fixes

  • Previously, individual context menu items were not firing events when clicking them. Now, clicking a context menu item triggers the appropriate events.

  • Added support for a merged file and folder view in package isolation.

  • Improved performance of package isolation.