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v1.0.1 — the Intune wizards can finally make the .intunewin
v1.0.1 — the Intune wizards can finally make the .intunewin
The desktop Intune wizard now creates the .intunewin file. Through v1.0.0
it exported the source folder and then told you to open README.txt and run
Microsoft's IntuneWinAppUtil.exe yourself — even when that file was sitting
right next to spoolsmith-gui.exe. The GUI had no code that ever looked for it.
That was a gap, not a design choice: only the CLI's intune build could run the
tool, and only if you passed both --content-prep-tool and
--content-prep-output.
Now, all three entry points behave the same way:
- Put
IntuneWinAppUtil.exein the same folder as SpoolSmith and you are done.
intune build,intune wizardand the desktop wizard find it there, export the
bundle, and createinstall.intunewinin a new<export folder>-intunewin
folder beside the export. Only that one file name in that one folder is ever
looked for — nothing onPATH, nothing searched for — so what runs is a file you
placed there or chose yourself. - The desktop review page has a Content Prep tool field and an output folder.
The tool is filled in when it is found beside the program. Export reviewed
package exports and then packages; Create .intunewin from the exported
folder retries the packaging step alone if it failed, without exporting again.
Closing the window while the tool runs stops it. intune buildneeds neither flag any more. Either--content-prep-toolor
--content-prep-outputmay be given alone, and the new--no-content-prep
exports the bundle only even when the tool is present.intune wizardshows the
detected tool in its review step and offers a path (ornone) under advanced
settings.
It fails safely. A missing tool, or an output folder inside the export, is
refused before anything is exported. If Microsoft's tool fails, the exported
folder is left complete and the tool's own output is shown. And SpoolSmith now
reports success only if install.intunewin actually exists — previously a tool
that exited 0 without producing a package would have been reported as a success
on the CLI.
Still local and manual where it always was: SpoolSmith does not download the
Content Prep Tool, sign in to a tenant, or upload or assign the app in Intune.
Notes
- The old rule that both content-prep flags must be given together is gone. An
existingintune build ... --content-prep-tool X --content-prep-output Ycommand
behaves exactly as before. - A build that previously only exported the bundle will now also create the
.intunewinifIntuneWinAppUtil.exehappens to be besidespoolsmith.exe.
Use--no-content-prepto keep the old behavior. intune wizardscripts that answer the advanced-settings questions need one
more answer (the tool path, after the export folder). The wizard requires an
interactive terminal, so this only affects scripted terminal sessions.- Verified with Microsoft's real
IntuneWinAppUtil.exe, from the CLI and through
the real desktop app. The reviewed-package screenshot on the product site is
refreshed for the new fields.