Questions tagged [appxmanifest]
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UWP/Appx Manifest Properties For Creating a Desktop Icon on "Installation"
We have moved our application over using the DesktopBridge tool, however we cannot seem to figure out to create a desktop icon/shortcut on the installation sequence. Is this at all possible? or is it a restriction placed on the Appx store apps not…

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UWP MakeAppx 80080204 Error
When I am packaging UWP app in x86, x64 (not including ARM) with VS 2017, the following error occurred. What should I do?
Error info: error 80080204: All app package manifests in a bundle must declare the same values under the XPath…

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How to create .appxupload for created appx using makeappx tool?
I have created appx for .Net Desktop application using makeappx tool.I had used this command to generate appx:
makeappx pack -d "C:\Centennial\PackageLayout"-p "C:\Centennial\Output\HelloCentennial.appx"
The package creation is succeeded and I am…

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Can I change the package name in appxmanifest for a UWP app?
Perhaps it's a silly question but can I change the package name in the appxmanifest to be something intelligible instead of "c13sd-545sd4..."? I did not published my app yet.

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Dependency on .Net Native
I got the following certification error when submitting to the app store.
[My App Name] takes a dependency on Microsoft .Net Native Runtime Package 1.x framework but is missing the framework dependency declaration in the manifest.
[My App Name]…

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appxupload package not being generated. Only test package is being generated
I am developing a universal windows app. When I try to create package using Store->Create App packages, it is creating only test packages. In AppPackages directory, I can find only one folder with _test.
How do I ensure that .appxupload package…

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Windows Universal App "rebranding": one app but multiple packages
I developped a Universal App for Windows 8.1/Windows Phone 8.1.
This application must be proposed by default to the main customers, but other clients must be able to customize it by giving their own name, their own assets (icons, splashscreen, ...)…

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How can I declare a Background Task before writing one?
In my Package.appxmanifest file, I added a declaration for Background Tasks," because I will eventually need one - it hasn't been written yet. I selected "System event" as the Supported task type, but nothing in the App settings (Executable, Entry…

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Remove Appx if version less than
First off, thanks for taking the time to read my issue and hopefully point me in the right direction.
Second, I hate Appxpackages :)
My understanding of how an Appx works is the following, so please correct me if you think I have got it wrong. When…

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Registering avalonia application to a custom URI Scheme
Not too long ago I switched from MAUI to Avalonia and ran into a problem that I can't link .appxmanifes to a project to automatically register a custom url scheme in my app during local deployment (debugging).
Could anyone help me with this?

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How Install Specific Version Of Microsoft.UI.Xaml
I'm trying to install WindowsSubsytemAndroid and PowerShell tell me that I Need The Following:
"Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.6" with minimum version 2.62108.18004.0.
I managed to install (Get-AppxPackage Show This Two):
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.6…

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Package.appxmanifest conditional or include
I have an app with background tasks that I want registered or not based on a build time variable. I know that in a .csproj file I can use Condition in the to specify the manifest to use. The problem with this is that most of the contents of the two…

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PowerShell : How to Get Indentity information from .appx package path?
I'm trying to write a powershell script where
A- Try to install the package from the Path.
B- If the package is already installed, try to uninstall the old version
C- ReTry Step A.
To do the step B, I've tried to get AppxPackageManifest…

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How define a start page for PWA dynamically
I have created project "Progressive Web App" based on JavaScript with Visual Studio 2017. The created project contains a file "package.appxmanifest". In this file a StartPage is defined. Is it possible to dynamically set this StartPage when the user…

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Package Personal Windows Universal App windows.fullTrustProcess
It's the first time I make a Windows Universal application and I was not able to make everything in my UWP app (for example it's impossible to start a command line Process). Since this is a personal app (I don't want to put it on the store) I used…

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