BoxedApp Packer Changelog

BoxedApp Packer 2024.4

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where enabling hotpatching on Windows caused DLLs loaded from virtual files to fail after installing update KB5046740 (Windows 11 Version 24H2, November 2024 Preview).

BoxedApp Packer 2024.3

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where enabling hotpatching on Windows prevented DLLs from loading from virtual files.

BoxedApp Packer 2024.2

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where BoxedApp failed to load DLLs from virtual files.

BoxedApp Packer 2024.1

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 2023.3

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed unexpected crashes in 64-bit virtual processes.

BoxedApp Packer 2023.2

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where BoxedApp Packer failed to save version information in the output executable.

BoxedApp Packer 2023.1

Thu, 04 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where CopyFile() failed if Windows update KB5025221 was installed.

BoxedApp Packer 2021.4

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added support for the --verbose option in the BoxedApp Packer console version.

BoxedApp Packer 2021.3

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added support for the --license-file-path option in the BoxedApp Packer console version.

BoxedApp Packer 2021.2

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed incorrect ordering of components in the File Version field.

BoxedApp Packer 2021.1

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added new option: Force create 64-bit executable (for .NET applications only).

BoxedApp Packer 2020.5

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where embedded files were visible in file dialogs even when the option 'Hide virtual files from file dialogs' was enabled.

BoxedApp Packer 2020.4

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in 64-bit processes.

BoxedApp Packer 2020.3

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in 64-bit processes when loading DLLs.

BoxedApp Packer 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 2020.1

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where a packed executable could fail if the input EXE came from a project with multiple embedded dependencies specified in the manifest.

BoxedApp Packer 2019.7

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where processes could fail to create real registry keys.

BoxedApp Packer 2019.6

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 2019.5

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where file context menus stopped working after drag-and-drop operations.

BoxedApp Packer 2019.4

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes of embedded executables at startup in packed applications.

BoxedApp Packer 2019.3

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added UI support for moving files between directories.

BoxedApp Packer 2019.2

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where packed executables did not request administrative privileges even if the input EXE required them.

BoxedApp Packer 2019.1

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where GetFinalPathNameByHandle() failed for virtual files located on a virtual drive.

BoxedApp Packer 2018.14

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Improved project build speed.

BoxedApp Packer 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 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 its real values from applications.

BoxedApp Packer 2018.11

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where NtQueryKey returned incorrect status for small buffers.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where virtual files did not support NtQueryInformationFile / FileNormalizedNameInformation.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where processes failed to retrieve full registry key paths if the path was too long.

BoxedApp Packer 2018.10

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where packed .NET executables could hang at startup on Windows XP.

BoxedApp Packer 2018.9

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where packed executables could return an incorrect path to themselves.

BoxedApp Packer 2018.8

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes that occurred when using long file paths.

BoxedApp Packer 2018.7

Sat, 09 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in packed applications.

BoxedApp Packer 2018.6

Sun, 25 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where virtual directories were not created if the same directory already existed on the system and was marked as embedded.

BoxedApp Packer 2018.5

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed startup hangs in packed applications.

BoxedApp Packer 2018.4

Fri, 09 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where packed applications failed to load the virtual registry on 32-bit Windows.

BoxedApp Packer 2018.3

Thu, 15 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where some pure .NET executables failed to run after packing.

BoxedApp Packer 2018.2

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added support for virtual font files placed in \Fonts, making them available to packed applications.

BoxedApp Packer 2018.1

Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where some Xojo applications failed to load plugins.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where some applications failed to enumerate virtual files on Windows 10 build 17063.1000 (1709) and later.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.31

Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a crash in BoxedApp Packer when selecting 'Select From Project' as the entry point and immediately closing the dialog.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where only the first TLS callback was executed in packed executables if the original had multiple callbacks.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.30

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a crash in virtualized ffmpeg.exe.
Fixed - Fixed incorrect memory protection flags for certain uncommon PE section characteristics.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.29

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 2017.28

Fri, 08 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 created by Confuser failed to pack if x86 mode was enabled.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.27

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where PE sections with both IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA and IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA were incorrectly zero-filled by BoxedApp.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where project build cancellation did not work.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.26

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 2017.25

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where the Packer failed if the input was a .NET executable and the input and output files had the same name.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.24

Wed, 08 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed slow registry key enumeration in certain scenarios.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where file renaming failed on Windows 10 build 1709.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.23

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 2017.22

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where cuInit() (CUDA API) sometimes failed in packed applications.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.21

Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 2017.20

Wed, 05 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where importing registration files (*.reg) into a project failed.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.19

Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Improved BoxedApp performance with thread-local memory pools.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.18

Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Improved NtQueryKey implementation.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.17

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 2017.16

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added a Clear Log button and auto-scroll for new messages.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.15

Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where NtQueryVirtualMemory was called incorrectly for certain information classes.
Fixed - Fixed Nt* APIs returning STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_INVALID instead of the incorrect STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_SYNTAX_BAD.
Fixed - Fixed handling of NtQueryVirtualMemory for addresses belonging to virtual processes.
Fixed - Fixed crashes of virtualized 32-bit Chrome.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.14

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in virtual COM components that use 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 2017.13

Wed, 12 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where 'Copy All' raised an exception when the log was empty.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where selecting an item in a file's context menu mistakenly set the file as the Input Path.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.12

Wed, 05 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where, when 'Run packed EXE in virtual environment' was enabled, version information was not copied correctly to the output EXE.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.11

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue that prevented selecting a file from a project as the input file.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.10

Thu, 23 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Improved the logging control: view warnings and errors separately and copy the log to the clipboard or a file.

BoxedApp Packer 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 placed in the System32 directory.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.8

Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where AllocConsole() failed in non-console virtual processes.
Fixed - Fixed crashes at startup for embedded executables with TLS data.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where the Packer locked a project's file even after the project was closed.
Fixed - Fixed a crash on exit when a registry value had been added.

BoxedApp Packer 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 2017.6

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed cases where generated logs were empty.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.5

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed incorrect initialization of shared memory for child processes.
Added - Improved diagnostic logging.

BoxedApp Packer 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 was enabled.

BoxedApp Packer 2017.3

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where enabling 'Compress files' did not compress the .NET executable along with other embedded files.
Added - Added build log entries for written registry keys and values.

BoxedApp Packer 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 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 EXE is placed outside the Application Directory.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.38

Wed, 21 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Hooked ntdll.dll!NtMapViewOfSectionEx to prevent application crashes.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.37

Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.36

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where BoxedAppPackerConsole.exe mistakenly loaded .bxproj files as XML-based project files.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.35

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in NtQueryDirectoryFile / FileReparsePointInformation.

BoxedApp Packer 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 4.0.29

Sat, 17 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 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 keys to be lost.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.27

Mon, 05 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a resource handle leak.

BoxedApp Packer 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 4.0.25

Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where, if cmd.exe was packed and 'Virtualize all changes to the file system and registry' was enabled, using the 'del' command on a real file removed it from the real file system instead of marking it as virtually deleted.

BoxedApp Packer 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 run by a packed application with 'Share virtual environment with child processes' enabled, IE8 failed to load URLs properly on Windows 7 x64.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.23

Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a packing error that occurred when updating resources (e.g., version info or icons) in a non-.NET executable, resulting in 'A process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.'

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.22

Tue, 12 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.21

Thu, 07 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where BoxedApp Packer mistakenly set 'Run packed EXE in virtual environment' for non-Xojo applications.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.20

Fri, 24 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Improved user experience for packing Xojo applications: BoxedApp Packer now suggests adding Libs and Resources directories and automatically enables 'Run packed EXE in virtual environment' as required for Xojo apps.

BoxedApp Packer 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 4.0.18

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed issues with signed binaries.
Added - Added support for many new predefined folders, including System32 for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications, user Documents, and more.

BoxedApp Packer 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 did not fully load their content after packing.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where saved project files sometimes contained invalid XML data.
Added - BoxedApp Packer now saves project content faster using SAX parsing, with support for large projects.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.16

Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Added - BoxedApp Packer now loads project content faster using SAX parsing, with support for large projects.
Fixed - Fixed occasional errors in the output EXE size.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.15

Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where, if PAGE_WRITECOPY or PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY was specified in CreateFileMapping, BoxedApp still wrote modified memory back to the file. This could cause crashes in packed executables.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.14

Thu, 07 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed packing support for executables made by Max (a CYCLING '74 product).

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.13

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.12

Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Improved project loading, saving, and building speed; detailed logs are now provided.
Added - Added context menu items for files, registry keys, and values to quickly toggle between embedded and external states.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where embedded executables sometimes failed to run via CreateProcessAsUserW on Windows 10.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where embedded executables could not run using CreateProcessWithLogonW or CreateProcessWithTokenW on Windows 10.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where embedded PDF files failed to load properly in Adobe Reader on Windows 10.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.11

Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.10

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where embedded executables sometimes failed to launch.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.9

Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.8

Wed, 13 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.7

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where x64 (or AnyCPU on x64) .NET executables failed to launch embedded x64 .NET executables if bxsdk64.dll was not available.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.6

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed crashes in embedded AnyCPU .NET executables for certain stack reserve values in PE headers.
Fixed - Fixed crashes when the 'Run as virtual EXE' option was enabled and a DLL with TLS data was preloaded.
Fixed - Fixed crashes when packed executables accessed virtual files located on network drives.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.5

Fri, 18 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.4

Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Suggested enabling 'Run as virtual EXE' when modifying the input executable file was 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 characters in their names.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.3

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a crash in the Packer on Windows 10 when system locale was set to certain formats, e.g., English (Bahamas).

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.2

Wed, 02 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where enabling file compression still left uncompressed data in the packed executable.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.1

Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where packed .NET executables sometimes hung at startup.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where projects could not be saved if a file name contained special characters, resulting in empty project files.

BoxedApp Packer 4.0.0.0

Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Major update of the UI and Packer core.

BoxedApp Packer 3.3.0.23

Thu, 15 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT

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

BoxedApp Packer 3.3.0.22

Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Uncompressed files can now optionally be cached to make large packed executables start up faster.

BoxedApp Packer 3.3.0.21

Fri, 04 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where embedded AnyCPU .NET executables always launched as 32-bit processes on Windows x64. They now correctly run as 64-bit processes.

BoxedApp Packer 3.3.0.20

Fri, 04 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed a crash in embedded executables containing TLS directories on Windows 10.
Fixed - Fixed a startup crash on Windows 10 when certain DLLs (such as msvcr100.dll) were embedded.
Fixed - Fixed issues with file compression in packed executables.

BoxedApp Packer 3.3.0.19

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Added - Added a new option: hide the splash screen when the packed executable shows a window.
Fixed - Fixed an issue where embedded files could be created incorrectly on some network locations.

BoxedApp Packer 3.3.0.18

Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Fixed - Fixed an issue where packed executables did not run on Parallels 9.
Fixed - Fixed startup errors in packed FlashBoot 2.2i Portable.
Fixed - Fixed occasional crashes in the Packer when adding a folder.
Added - Added a new option: configure splash screen display time.