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Alchemy November 2024

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Bug Fixes

Fixes a bug previously found in RedirectCreateProcess to enable Package Linking.

4.6.2411.28191 (Released 26th November)

Bug Fix

Contains a fix to support the latest Windows 11 24H2 update in version 4.6 of Alchemy.

4.7.2411.28187 (Released 13th November)

Bug Fixes

Contains a fix to support the latest Windows 11 24H2 update.

Auto Packager

4.7.2411.48336 (Released 26th November)

New Features

  • User profile entries are now configured to have package isolation rules.
  • Updated AAV binaries to 4.7.2411.28212.
  • Updated Package Runtimes binaries to 4.7.2411.3871.

4.7.2411.47109 (Released 1st November)

  • Typelibs with non-numeric versions are now captured in COM+. Previously, typelibs may have been skipped if they utilized a non-numeric version.
  • Updated Packager exclusion list so additional paths commonly updated by Windows are excluded from Compatibility Packages, reducing noise during packaging.
  • ContextMenuLauncher.exe is now excluded from Package Isolation by default. This prevents issues that were previously present with context menus.
  • Updated AAV to version 4.73.2410.28178.
  • Updated Package Runtimes to version 4.7.2410.3857.

Package Runtimes

4.7.2411.3871 (Released 15th November)

Bug Fix

Changes the default configuration of our logging so that log files no longer have their extensions modified and can no longer break our package hash. For more information on logging, see

4.7.2410.28178 (Released 1st November)

New Feature

Added a new feature that allows the use of the existing console window when launching a console process.

CHWine

4.6.2410.91 (Released 6th November)

New Features

  • Added support for new environment variable (CHEXCEPTIONFILTER) to automatically select the action (CANCEL, RETRY, or CONTINUE) rather than displaying a message to the user when an exception occurs.
  • Added support for NetWkstaGetInfo.

Bug Fixes

Fixes a previously known bug present in winsock/accept function.

Stub Generator

4.7.2410.47047 (Released 1st November)

New Feature

Released the stub generator, which allows applications to be run from the command line.