Questions tagged [appxmanifest]
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Get UWP Package.appxmanifest version in MSBuild
I need the Package.appxmanifest Version in a MSBuild.Target.
What I do is:

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Generate AppxManifest from template file with command line for automated builds
We're preparing an app to be deployed for the Windows Store, using the desktop bridge.
Using the "Project -> Deploy" option from within the IDE will use an AppxManifest.template.xml to generate the AppxManifest.xml, replacing some variables with…

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ProductId validation error after upgrading Windows Phone 8.1 Store App project to UWP
I upgraded my Windows Phone 8.1 Store App project to the new Universal Windows Platform following this guide. After some minor errors everything looks good so far except this error:
Validation error. error C00CE169: App manifest validation error:…

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Windows universal application (WIN 10) app manifest validation error
I found error in Blank app (Windows Universal) template in Visual Studio 2015 RC.
It is some mismatch inside schemas.
error 0xC00CE014: App manifest validation error: The app manifest must
be valid as per schema: Line 23, Column 4, Reason:…

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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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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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Tiles not showing up properly in WP8.1 Silverlight app
I recently converted my Windows Phone 8.0 app to Windows Phone 8.1 Silverlight (not universal). Afterwards I changed the Notification Service to WNS because I want to use its benefits. With changing this I have to specify my tile logos in the new…

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Package.Appxmanifest - Any way to get to portion of this in code?
I know you can get to Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current and use Id.Name to get the name, but this seems to be the Package Name in my manifest. A rather long string of numbers and letters.
How can I get to the Package Display Name, Publisher…

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Can I change the application name in appxmanifest for a UWP app for different languages?
I know, I can add statements for different languages like this
But how can I give my app different names for different languages like "My US App" and my "My DE…

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Failed to extract imported API information for this application in Windows Store app submission
I am trying to publish an appx on the Windows Store built with electron-builder.
In the repport, I get this error: Failed to extract imported API information for this application
I have no idea about what this is supposed to mean and I found no…

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WPF Desktop Bridge ApplicationData.GetPublisherCacheFolder UnauthorizedAccessException on Windows 2004 and 20H2
I have a WPF application packed with desktop bridge package project.
WPF project has nuget Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Contracts installed.
In the package.appxmanifest I've added the appropriate permission:

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Why is my Package.appxmanifest Extension giving me validation error C00CE014?
In a new Visual Studio 2019 solution I have created a .Net Core Console Project and a UWP Project that I am packaging using a Windows Application Packaging Project. At this stage I am able to compile and run all of these projects without issue.
My…

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WPF Desktop Bridge out-of-process background task cannot access Documents folder
I'm developing a WPF (Desktop Bridge) application that performs some logic on startup and in out-of-process background task. This logic creates and uses a file in the user's Documents folder.
I've created out-of-process BG task in WPF (Desktop…

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MSBuild generates an invalid AppxManifest.xml file for Background Task
Our app is built in WPF but we are adding notifications with UWP. We have a packaging project, a UWP background task project, and an empty UWP app project that references the background task project, in addition to many other unrelated projects in…

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Can I build a UWP sideload app that is dependency-complete on installation without using Add-AppDevPackage.ps1?
Right now I've got a UWP app that is crashing in different places on different platforms and Win10 versions, and so far only one of them provided a somewhat actionable error message about Microsoft.NET.CoreRuntime.1.1 missing, and that the developer…

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