Questions tagged [appinstaller]
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Tray Icon Visibility Setting Resets After WPF App Update
I'm working on a .NET 6.0 WPF application with a tray icon (WinForms). After updating the app via ms-appinstaller, the tray icon's visibility setting in the Taskbar resets, moving it back to the hidden area. The package info (name, publisher,…

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Distribute windows MAUI application through web
I am working on the MAUI windows application. I want to distribute the application via the web (not via the app store). The user should get a notification about the update on the application launch whenever we update something in the application. I…

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Where to find logs for failed msix installation?
Situation
We created and signed a MSIX package of our .NET MAUI app for distribution outside MS Store and Installation with App-Installer.
Problem
While (up to now) most of testing users don`t have any problems with installation with MS…

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SignTool Error: This file format cannot be signed because it is not recognized. SignTool Error: An error occurred while attempting to sign
I am trying to sign a MSIX made .appinstaller file using signtool on a Windows SDK supported docker image.
I am using the following command in my yml file to do so as:
- 'signtool.exe sign /tr http://timestamp.digicert.com /td sha256 /fd sha256…

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MSIX Deployment via Powershell isnt working
I have 2 PCs here and I want to be able to deploy msix packages using powershell on both PCs.
I tested the whole thing on one PC and it worked. I just used this command:
add-apppackage -path "enter_path"
But when I tried the same thing on the…

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Why .appinstaller namespace always http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/appinstaller/2017/2?
I have an automatically generated .appinstaller and it's namespace is always http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/appinstaller/2017/2. I need http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/appinstaller/2018 to add properties into OnLaunch tag like ShowPrompt etc.…

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UWP app Sideloading - AppInstaller not installing the app
I am trying to use .appinstaller to instal UWP application.
This was working fine until my laptop OS was on 1909. After we upgraded to 21H2 recently in May '22, it stopped installing and displays error :- "App installation failed with error message:…

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App Installer stopped displaying German UI for my sideloaded German UWP App
EDIT EDIT: This problem was no longer reproducible after Microsoft rolled out a newer version of App Installer.
EDIT: App Installer doesn't provide a German UI for my sideloaded UWP package. The default language is configured as German (de-DE) and…

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MSIX Web Installer not working - Error in parsing the app package
I have been all over the other threads about this question but nothing seems to fix my problem. No matter what I do, my .appinstaller doesn't work. I keep getting : Error in parsing the app package.
First off let me say I can access both the…

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open a sideloaded UWA app with parameters
I have created a wpf app and have been learning how to deploy it as a side loaded windows store app through an appinstaller package.
I now want to launch the app through a shell command with parameters. I did setup a protocol, but it doesnt seem to…

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Cannot deploy UWP app with ms-appinstaller
I created my UWP app package, but ms-appinstaller shows me error when I try to install.
"Error in parsing the app package.", all files can be downloaded via browser
ms-appinstaller file:

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Install the right file with the same name depending on the app's language in NSIS
The installer detects the language of the installed apps, let's say $detected_language will have a value of "pl".
Now I want that only one menu.cfg file is installed, based on the value of $detected_language. Using variables in File ... is not…

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How to auto-update a sideload UWP app without first installing with .appinstaller file
I have a UWP app that is distributed via sideload (not through the Store) for various reasons. This app has auto-updating enabled, and thus has a .appinstaller file (and associated app packages and dependencies) hosted on the web. If I install via…

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Searching for Platform independent installer
Would anyone happen to know if there are any platform independent installer options that can be used for both windows and Linux?

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App not being installed on device after changing machine
I have a project, which was running clean and good, later I changed my machine and now from the new machine whenever I build the APK and install it on a physical device. it shows app not installed and the thing i did from my co-workers machine the…

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