BoxedApp Packer API Changelog

BoxedApp Packer API 2024.2

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where BoxedApp could fail to create virtual files when they were created asynchronously.

BoxedApp Packer API 2024.1

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a hang that could occur during BoxedApp SDK initialization.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where child processes did not inherit options despite DEF_BOXEDAPPSDK_OPTION__INHERIT_OPTIONS being set.

BoxedApp Packer API 2023.2

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where child processes created with the EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT flag ignored the specified attribute list.

BoxedApp Packer API 2023.1

Thu, 04 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a regression where processes created with EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT failed to use their specified attribute list.

BoxedApp Packer API 2021.1

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Added - BoxedApp SDK source code is now compatible with Visual Studio 2019.

BoxedApp Packer API 2020.6

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a crash when BoxedAppSDK_CreateVirtualRegKey was called after initializing the SDK with BoxedAppSDK_InitById.

BoxedApp Packer API 2020.5

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where virtual files remained visible in file open dialogs when DEF_BOXEDAPPSDK_OPTION__HIDE_VIRTUAL_FILES_FROM_FILE_DIALOG was disabled.

BoxedApp Packer API 2020.4

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed random crashes in 64-bit processes.

BoxedApp Packer API 2020.3

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a crash in 64-bit processes when loading DLLs.

BoxedApp Packer API 2020.2

Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a crash when loading a DLL from a virtual file on Windows 10 version 2004.

BoxedApp Packer API 2020.1

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed random crashes in 64-bit applications using custom virtual directories.

BoxedApp Packer API 2019.5

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where a process could fail to create a real registry key.

BoxedApp Packer API 2019.4

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed incorrect handling of virtual registry keys in specific cases.

BoxedApp Packer API 2019.3

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Added the missing header file BoxedApp_Interfaces.h.

BoxedApp Packer API 2019.2

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in virtual processes.

BoxedApp Packer API 2019.1

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed GetFinalPathNameByHandle() for virtual files on virtual drives.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.14

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Improved project build speed.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.13

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Improved startup performance of packed executables with the read-only registry layer.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.12

Wed, 21 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where adding a virtual value to a real registry key hid the key's real values from applications.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.11

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where NtQueryKey returned incorrect status for small buffers.
Fixed - Fixed missing support for NtQueryInformationFile / FileNormalizedNameInformation for virtual files.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where processes failed to retrieve full registry key paths when the path was too long.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.10

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed hangs at startup in packed .NET executables on Windows XP.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.9

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added read-only registry layer support.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.8

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where adding a virtual value to a real registry key caused the key's real values to become hidden.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.7

Sat, 09 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added BoxedAppSDK_CreateVirtualDirectory to BoxedAppSDK.Managed.dll.
Fixed - Fixed .NET runtime reflection issues in BoxedAppSDK.Managed.dll.
Fixed - Fixed NtQueryKey returning incorrect status codes for small buffers.
Fixed - Fixed missing support for NtQueryInformationFile / FileNormalizedNameInformation for virtual files.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where long registry key paths caused incorrect results when retrieving full paths.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.6

Sun, 25 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed startup hangs in virtual .NET executables on Windows XP.
Fixed - Fixed random crashes in C++ applications compiled with Control Flow Guard (/guard:cf) when linked against a BoxedApp SDK static library.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.5

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed GetModuleFileName() returning incorrect paths for main modules in virtualized processes.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.4

Fri, 09 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes caused by using long file paths.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.3

Thu, 15 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in virtualized processes.
Fixed - Fixed directory listing failures when 'All changes are virtual' mode was enabled.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.2

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Optimized virtual registry performance.

BoxedApp Packer API 2018.1

Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added a hook for ntdll.dll!NtQueryDirectoryFileEx.
Fixed - Fixed enumeration of virtual files on Windows 10 build 17063.1000 and later (1709+).

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.29

Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where some packed executables failed to start.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.28

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where BoxedApp Packer sometimes failed to remove *.bxproj-journal files on exit.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where some packed executables with relocations failed to run.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where executables built with Confuser failed to pack when x86 mode was enabled.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.27

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed incorrect handling of PE sections containing both IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA and IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where cancelling a project build did not work.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.26

Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where no progress was displayed during project builds.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.25

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a bug where the Packer failed if the input file was a .NET executable and both input and output files had the same name.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.24

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed slow registry key enumeration in certain scenarios.
Fixed - Fixed file renaming failures on Windows 10 build 1709.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.23

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in packed executables on Windows 10 update 1709.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.22

Wed, 08 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a CUDA initialization issue where cuInit() sometimes failed in packed applications.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.21

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where executables with a virtual project path had their content written twice to the output EXE.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where enabling both 'Run packed EXE in virtual environment' and 'Compress files' caused the EXE not to be compressed.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.20

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added support for importing registration files (*.reg) into a project.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.19

Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Improved overall performance by using thread-local memory pools.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.18

Wed, 05 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Improved NtQueryKey implementation for better registry query stability and performance.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.17

Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a crash in packed mixed-mode .NET executables.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.16

Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added Clear Log button and automatic log scrolling for new messages.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.15

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed NtQueryVirtualMemory being called incorrectly for certain information classes.
Fixed - Fixed Nt* APIs returning STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_INVALID instead of STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_SYNTAX_BAD.
Fixed - Fixed handling of NtQueryVirtualMemory for addresses belonging to virtual processes.
Fixed - Fixed crashes in virtualized 32-bit Chrome.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.14

Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in virtual COM components that used COM surrogate processes.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where virtual executables failed to write to stdout.
Fixed - Fixed committed-memory leaks caused by incorrect release of mapped views of virtual sections.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.13

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an exception when using 'Copy All' on an empty log.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where selecting an item in a file context menu incorrectly set it as the Input Path.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.12

Wed, 05 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed version information not being copied correctly when 'Run packed EXE in virtual environment' was enabled.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.11

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed inability to select a file from a project as an input file.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.10

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Improved logging UI: added filtering by warnings and errors, and ability to copy logs to clipboard or file.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.9

Wed, 15 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where 32-bit packed executables failed to run if required embedded DLLs were located in the System32 directory.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.8

Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where AllocConsole() failed in non-console virtual processes.
Fixed - Fixed startup crashes in embedded executables containing TLS data.
Fixed - Fixed a bug where the Packer locked project files even after closing them.
Fixed - Fixed a crash on exit when a registry value was added.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.7

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed long exit delays in some .NET applications (e.g., Paint.NET).

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.6

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where generated logs were empty in certain cases.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.5

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed incorrect initialization of shared memory in child processes.
Fixed - Improved diagnostic logging output.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.4

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a crash on Windows 7 when Symantec Endpoint Protection's General Exploit Mitigation feature was enabled.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.3

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where enabling 'Compress files' failed to compress .NET executables together with other embedded files.
Added - Added detailed build log entries for written registry keys and values.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.2

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a crash in the console version when a project file failed to load.

BoxedApp Packer API 2017.1

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added a new tab 'Export ActiveX Registration Information for all ActiveX files'.
Added - Added a warning if the input executable was placed outside the Application Directory.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.38

Wed, 21 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Hooked ntdll.dll!NtMapViewOfSectionEx to prevent crashes in certain applications.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.37

Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed importing of RegAsm.exe output into the registry for .NET libraries.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where newly added files did not appear in the list after saving a new project.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.36

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where BoxedAppPackerConsole.exe incorrectly loaded .bxproj files as XML-based projects.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.35

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in NtQueryDirectoryFile / FileReparsePointInformation.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.34

Wed, 09 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed incorrectly calculated offsets for views of virtual sections.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.33

Thu, 03 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed writing of 'Dll Characteristics' to the wrong location in packed files.
Added - Updated application and installer icon files.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.32

Wed, 26 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Improved large virtual file mapping: data is read into a view on first access (lazy loading).

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.31

Thu, 20 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Changed section mapping behavior: data is now read when the section is mapped instead of at creation, significantly improving performance for large virtual files.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.30

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added support for both 32-bit and 64-bit registry views.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.29

Sat, 17 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where importing ActiveX registration information failed, causing some keys or values to be lost.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.28

Tue, 06 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where importing ActiveX registration failed in some cases, causing certain registry keys to be lost.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.27

Mon, 05 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a resource handle leak.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.26

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where projects loaded from *.boxedappproj and saved as *.bxproj were saved incorrectly.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.25

Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where deleting a real file using the 'del' command removed it from the real filesystem instead of marking it as virtually deleted when 'Virtualize all changes to the file system and registry' was enabled.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.24

Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a hang when launching Internet Explorer under BoxedApp.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where, when launched by a packed application with 'Share virtual environment with child processes' enabled, IE8 failed to load URLs on Windows 7 x64.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.23

Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a packing error when updating executable resources (e.g., version info or icons), which caused the message 'A process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.'

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.22

Tue, 12 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Updated the binary project file format to improve support for large projects.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.21

Thu, 07 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where BoxedApp Packer incorrectly applied the 'Run packed EXE in virtual environment' setting to non-Xojo applications.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.20

Fri, 24 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Improved the Xojo application packing workflow: BoxedApp Packer now automatically suggests adding Libs and Resources directories and enables 'Run packed EXE in virtual environment' as required.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.19

Tue, 21 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes when embedded DLLs were used in large-address-aware processes.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.18

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed issues with signed binaries.
Added - Added support for new predefined folders, including System32 (32-bit and 64-bit), user Documents, and others.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.17

Wed, 04 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed several UI bugs.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where executables created by ExeOutput failed to load all embedded resources after packing.
Fixed - Fixed corrupted XML content in saved project files.
Fixed - Improved project saving performance using SAX-based parsing with support for large projects.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.16

Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Improved project loading performance using SAX parsing with better support for large projects.
Fixed - Fixed incorrect output executable sizes in some cases.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.15

Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where BoxedApp still wrote modified memory back to a file even when PAGE_WRITECOPY or PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY was specified in CreateFileMapping, causing crashes in packed executables.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.14

Thu, 07 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed compatibility issues when packing executables built with Max (a Cycling '74 product).

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.13

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where embedded files were updated incorrectly during packing.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where embedded executables failed to launch when started via CreateProcessWithLogonW.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.12

Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Improved project loading, saving, and build performance with detailed logging.
Added - Added context menu options for files, registry keys, and values to toggle between embedded and external states.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where embedded executables failed to start when launched via CreateProcessAsUserW on Windows 10.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where embedded executables could not be run using CreateProcessWithLogonW or CreateProcessWithTokenW on Windows 10.
Fixed - Fixed a problem where embedded PDF files failed to load properly in Adobe Reader on Windows 10.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.11

Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - BoxedApp Packer no longer requires .NET Framework 2.0 to run on Windows 10.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.10

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a startup issue where embedded executables sometimes failed to launch.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.9

Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in packed applications built with the Atom/Electron framework.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.8

Wed, 13 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where embedded AnyCPU .NET executables failed to start on Windows 10 x64.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.7

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where x64 .NET applications (or AnyCPU on x64) failed to run embedded x64 .NET executables when bxsdk64.dll was missing.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.6

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in embedded AnyCPU .NET executables caused by invalid stack reserve values in PE headers.
Fixed - Fixed crashes when packed executables with TLS directories loaded DLLs that already contained TLS data.
Fixed - Fixed crashes when accessing virtual files located on network drives.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.5

Fri, 18 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes when running packed executables with TLS data on Windows 8.1 x64 while 'Run as virtual EXE' was enabled.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.4

Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Suggested enabling 'Run as virtual EXE' when direct modification of the input executable is not possible.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where executables with invalid header sizes could not be packed.
Fixed - Fixed incorrect importing of directories with non-ANSI names.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.3

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a crash in BoxedApp Packer on Windows 10 when using specific system locales (e.g., English - Bahamas).

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.2

Wed, 02 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where enabling compression left uncompressed data inside the packed executable.

BoxedApp Packer API 4.0.1

Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed startup hangs in packed .NET executables.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where projects could not be saved if filenames contained special characters, resulting in empty project files.

BoxedApp Packer API 3.3.0.23

Thu, 15 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in packed executables with TLS directories on Windows 8.1.

BoxedApp Packer API 3.3.0.22

Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added optional caching for uncompressed files to improve startup speed for large packed executables.

BoxedApp Packer API 3.3.0.21

Fri, 04 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where embedded AnyCPU .NET executables always ran as 32-bit processes on Windows x64 instead of 64-bit.

BoxedApp Packer API 3.3.0.20

Fri, 04 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in packed executables containing TLS directories on Windows 10.
Fixed - Fixed startup crashes on Windows 10 when certain DLLs (e.g., msvcr100.dll) were embedded.
Fixed - Fixed data corruption issues in packed executables using file compression.

BoxedApp Packer API 3.3.0.19

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added a new option to hide the splash screen when the packed executable displays its main window.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where virtual files were created incorrectly on some network locations.

BoxedApp Packer API 3.3.0.18

Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where packed executables failed to run under Parallels Desktop 9.
Fixed - Fixed startup errors in packed FlashBoot 2.2i Portable.
Fixed - Fixed random crashes in BoxedApp Packer when adding folders.
Added - Added a configuration option to specify splash screen display time.