Questions tagged [appx]
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Universal Windows App fails to launch, "AppxDeploymentFailureBlue"
I've installed my own Universal Windows App for all users on a PC, using the DISM tool while being logged-in in Audit Mode.
After doing so, I reboot into OOBE (using sysprep command), create a new user and try to launch this app.
The result is that…

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UWP App Installation without admin rights, powershell interaction and without Windows Store?
Any windows uwp "experts" here?
I've been researching on the below mentioned topic for a day now as I couldn't believe there is no way that we can distribute our UWP App.
Is it really not possible to distribute an UWP App through a different…

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UWP appx upload to windows store gives market error
I am uploading a new appxupload package to the Windows Store and it gives me the error: "You must upload at least one package for each of your market groups."
The package was created using the Desktop Bridge for an older Win32 app.
What does that…

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how to get jre 9 to work in appx package
I have a java app that I wrote in the windows store.
Up until now the appx package has just contained the app and a line in the description says "Java needed for this app to work".
With the oncoming windows 10S, the windows store now wants the jre…

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Error "invalid parameter" when launching a converted app
What I did
I have successfully packaged a desktop app using a command-line like this:
DesktopAppConverter.exe -Installer "_setup.bat" -InstallerArguments "" -Destination "c:\packaged_app" -PackageName "MyPackageName" -Publisher…

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UWP AppX Install parameters
I develop client-server UWP app, and I want it to be deployed by sideloading (probably using WinAppDeployCmd or MDM) to the large set of devices by administrator.
But to launch, my application needs to know server IP address, which varies for each…

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UWP: Cannot install appx or appxbundle package
I'm ready to betatest my UWP app on my different computers. For that I'm following the article "Packagin Universal Windows apps Windows 10". After struggling a bit with the different sizes of icons needed to scale the graphics properly, it finally…

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WIX Sideloading fails to deploy dependencies appx
I am deploying an appx package using WIX following this tutorial:
http://nicholasarmstrong.com/2014/08/sideloading-windows-8-apps-with-wix/
When I run the resulting setup on a freshly installed Windows 10 PC, the logs provide me with the following…

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Cordova Visual Studio, install appx on windows tablet
I´ve developed an cordova app with visual studio an deployed it to windows.
After that I get a folder "~\platforms\windows\AppPackages\" with a *.appx file like in the description of the answer in
How to deploy Visual Studio Cordova app to Windows…

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How to install Windows Phone 8.1 app in other phones in the simplest way?
I have developed a Windows phone 8.1 app. Now I want to distribute it to others.
I have done Create App Packages in Visual Studio, and it passed all the certification tests. So I have the .appx file, but I am not able to install it in other Windows…

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Add filetype "no extension"
I am attempting to associate my WinJS-based app with extension-less files in my package.appxmanifest file. I have successfully associated *.txt files:

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Create your own certificate - "The Manifest Designer could not import the certificate"
I want to create certificate to signing my application:
c:\certcenter> makecert -sv demas.me.pvk -n "cn=demas.me" demas.me.cert -b 01/01/2014 -e 01/01/2015 -r
Succeeded
c:\certcenter> pvk2pfx.exe -pvk demas.me.pvk -spc demas.me.cert -pfx…

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Unable to create Windows 8.1 Apps Using Qt Libs
I am trying to test an app I've created with Qt in Windows 8.1. And created deplorable binary as the instruction here. I've followed this link, and created an appx package using the command.
MakeAppx.exe pack /d…

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How do I sign APPX file for WP81 using MSBuild?
I need to sign a LOB/enterprise app (built as APPX) for Windows Phone 8.1 for internal distribution. I tried to use MSBuild SignFile task:

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MakeAppx for ARM?
I want to create WindowsStore appx packages from the commandline. We have an X86 and ARM version of our app (.NET). As it's referencing sqlite, Any CPU is not possible.
There is the MakeAppx tool, but it's only available for x86/x64.
How do I create…

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