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I'm just wondering what the best way is to deal with MSIX signing keys in a git repo. My project keeps a hash of the signing key in the project files, which means anyone who clones the repository will ...
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I'm trying to run the Microsoft Push Notifications sample taken from here client to explore this capability on a Windows app. My setup composed of Azure Notification server, remote app to trigger the ...
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I'm looking at options for creating an installer for an application, and MSIX seems to be the newest kind of installer for Windows. But it also seems to focus a lot on sandboxing and the Windows App ...
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I have an electron app built with electron forge and @electron-forge/maker-appx. In the output appxmanifest.xml it reads <Application EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication"..., and ...
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While trying to publish our new .NET MAUI project, I received the following error message: MakeAppx : error : You must include a valid app package manifest file named AppxManifest.xml in the source. [...
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I was under the impression that Catalog Files (.cat) on Windows are only used in the context of drivers. I stumbled upon other uses, and wondered whether they make use of .cat files just for ...
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I am trying to install MSIXPackagingtoolv1 in a docker image on windows and I am getting a variety of errors. Here is my Dockerfile: FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0.411-windowsservercore-...
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I am packaging an electron app as an msix package, using makeappx.exe. However, I want to use the container features of AppContainer, which should be possible for an MSIX. I find conflicting ...
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I'm trying to fully automate my msix builds for an Avalonia desktop application. My solution has 3 projects: desktop UI, a class library, and a WAP (Windows Application Project) project. I can create ...
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I’ve published a .NET MAUI application to the Microsoft Store as an MSIX package. The app installs and runs fine on my development machine, but when installed on other computers, it does not even ...
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I am developing a C# project relying on Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) to do its job, with Services .DLL like [Export(typeof(IPerson))] public class People : IPerson { ... } that are Lazily ...
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I have an out of proc COM server packaged as an MSIX. I also have the following idl file, declare_guid(CLSID_ComServerProxyStub, BA5A4D3C-56D8-4F3D-885D-C30B2405BDA5); [ object, uuid(FA601A80-...
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Is it possible to configure which <Application> gets launched when I F5 deploy my projects in Visual Studio? I have an MSIX WinAppSDK app with a Package.appxmanifest that has multiple <...
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I'm using Visual Studio (Windows Application Packaging Project) to build an app installer for a solution consisting of an .EXE project and some .DLL projects. There are some other files and dlls used ...
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Does anyone know how to use the Microsoft.Windows.Management.Deployment methods in c# .net 8. I've added the Windows App SDK reference, and my IDE then recognises the class/methods, however it gives ...
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I'm trying to understand the relationship between the blocks defined in the AppxBlockMap.xml file of an MSIX package and the compression process, specifically the Deflate algorithm used in ZIP-based ...
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I am trying to create a Windows app from the following simple Python code. from qtpy.QtWidgets import QApplication, QLabel from qtpy.QtCore import Qt if __name__ == "__main__": # Create ...
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I created an app for Windows in C#, which automatically starts when Windows starts. I Write a simple key in the registry: private bool autorunProperty; private readonly static string ...
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Background I have a Windows desktop application targeting x86 created in Delphi RAD Studio. The application can save and load a project file with a custom file extension. I have created an exe ...
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I'm struggling with an issue in my compose multiplatform project. I made an app using ktor and ktorfit, having everything working fine on debug and also while testing the msi on my Windows 11 notebook....
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I have a .NET 8 app packaged with "Windows Application Packaging Project" aka Desktop Bridge and distributed through Microsoft Store. The .msixupload file contains .appxsym and that file in ...
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Launching a .Net 8.0.300 Maui MSIX packaged app from PS/CMD terminal I am working on a project that is developed utilizing Visual Studio to package and launch the application utilizing MSIX packaging. ...
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I have a full trust Windows desktop app packaged using .wapproj + appxmanifest. I need it to run a background process from a separate executable that exposes a network service (yggstack). Before I ...
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I have a Xamarin application that is published to an appxbundle package. I have re-created the application in Maui, and that produces an msix package. When I try up update an installation of the ...
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The setup: I have a DataGrid with AllowDrop="True", and Drop="MyDropEvent". Let's ignore the handling of the drop event, because it boils down to this: If I attempt to drag/drop ...
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I am in the process of trying to convert installers for a desktop application from MSI to MSIX. The conversion of the main application was successful. When installing to a local Windows ...
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I'm trying to follow the instructions here to add auto-update capability to a non-store app packaged with a Windows Application Packaging project: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/non-...
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I have a Windows Application Packaging project with a UI app and a console app. It builds and installs fine (see my previous post). One thing I'd like to change is that the console app ideally shouldn'...
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I have a Windows UI application (developed with Avalonia), a console application (which is called with command line arguments), and 2 class libraries in one solution (the UI app uses both class ...
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I'm trying to make a Windows service in .NET 8 to go along with a WinUI3 desktop application. The service program works fine when debugging in Visual Studio, but I'm running into issues packaging it. ...
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I have a UI application that also has a separate console version. I'm looking at changing the main UI application to MSIX deployment (with potential future deployment to MS Store). The console version ...
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I'm trying to add reference to an Class Library project from MSIX project in VS2022. I always receive the following error message: "referenced project paths must contain at least one element. ...
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I am encountering challenges with the MSIX packaging process for integrating a console application within a WINUI3 project, both intended to be included in the same MSIX package. To achieve this, I ...
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I am trying to package a UWP application with a desktop extension as full trust process. For this, I have to use a separate packaging application for creating msixupload for store distribution and ...
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I have created a .msix for my Delphi app, which installs fine locally, and WACK (Windows App Certification Kit) passes with no blocking issues. I have checked that the AppxManifest.xml identity and ...
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Issue Description I am trying to create MSXI installer for .NET WPF application. I have published the .appinstaller file successfully, but the window below shows when the installer is clicked. Cannot ...
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I'd like to start using msix packages, but on a (windows 10) machine in question I have the shortcut extension available. The shortcut extension is available since "Windows 10 (Build 19645)",...
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I am trying to publish an update for a .NET Maui app that has been in production for over a year. I've made several updates to the app, without issue. However, I recently had to get a new computer, ...
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I have a program with the gdal package that i want to include in the MSIX installer. before updating to .net8 it worked with the structure -WindowsApps --Appx_hash ---gdal ---images ---myAppX but ...
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One of our customers uses Windows Enterprise 22H2 (though older Versions display the same behaviour) for some managed devices and wants to deploy our app, signed by a developement certificate to allow ...
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As we know, it is perfectly possible to run MSIX packages in Windows Sandbox manually: Add-AppxPackage -Path mySetup.msix Even Developer mode like they say in the cited question is not mandatory. I ...
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We have a C# App for windows using Win UI3 and the Windows CommunityToolkit. This has always been working against OS version 19041. If I set the TargetFramework to 22621 and the ...
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I just created an app that I want to publish to the Microsoft Store, so I packed it into MSIX format but I get this message when trying to launch the package (see picture): This app package is not ...
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I'm trying to update my microsoft store app and I keep getting this error. Does anyone know how to edit the package family name in a flutter project on android studio? Also, my CN= is the same in my ...
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I'm currently deploying a third party executable alongside my own program inside a MSIX package. The 3rd party program is launched via a system command inside a new process group and without a console....
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When i have built the MSIX file from VS2022 and click on it to install the application, in the top right hand corner the icon has a background sitting around my icon. Also when I create a shortcut on ...
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I want to create an MSIX installer for a new Single Project Uno Platform app with Visual Studio 2022 on Windows 11. I'm using Microsoft's guidance for using an Application Packaging Project. Guidance: ...
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During development of a desktop application with Visual Studio under Windows 11, the project creates an MSIX package, which is initially unsigned. For the purposes of development, I need to install ...
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I need to install my side-loaded UWP on a target machine that does not have AppInstaller app. Therefore, obviously, trying to double-click on the .msixbundle is not producing anything. The target ...
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After publishing the default .net8 maui app from Visual Studio for Windows, i am not able to sign the resulting .msix package and get this error: SignTool Error: This file format cannot be signed ...
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