Questions tagged [appxmanifest]
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Error DEP0700 : Registration of the app failed. on windows 10 on a macbook (dualboot)
I'm trying to work from home on a UWP project, on a macbook with dualboot using windows 10, in visual studio 2015.
(So it's not on a virtual machine, which is what I find everywhere when looking for this problem)
I thought I have everything…

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UWP - No certificate found with the supplied thumbprint
I have a UWP app I work on from two difference devices. After the latest Visual Studio 2019 update I began receiving this error:
No certificate found with the supplied thumbprint: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The app previously had the…

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How to calculate PublisherID from Publisher?
I'd like to know something about Windows Store and APPX package internals. The package.appxmanifest has an element that has a package name, publisher and version attributes, for example

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Issue with publishing my windows app (phonegap) - invalid package identity name
I have a problem with publishing my app in windows store. I recive these informations:
Invalid package identity name: ... (expected: ...
) Invalid package family name:
... (expected:
... ) Invalid package publisher name:
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How to properly set AppExecutionAlias so the program could be launched from command line?
The Package.appxmanifest for this WPF app has already set
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Workaround for Windows.ApplicationModel.Package limitations on Windows Phone?
I'm creating an About page for a Windows Runtime app targeting Windows Phone 8.1. On Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 UWP, it's all but trivial to display most of the basic information about an app by using an API called…

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Modify package identity in appx manifest after build
Summary: Is it possible to modify app package identity after compilation using makeappx.exe?
I have a windows store app (for LOB sideloading, not for the store), which I need to create multiple copies (variants/instances) of, because I need to be…

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How can I automate supplying a version in appxmanifest?
I am using the desktop bridge for a WPF desktop application and am looking to automate the creation of my msix packages during build. I do not want to store any version information in source control.
The WPF project in the solution uses the…

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How to enable DocumentsLibrary capability in a Windows store (WinRT) app?
I just created a new blank XAML/C# Windows Store app in Visual Studio. I tried to create a file in the Documents folder with this code:
// DEBUG ONLY:
StorageFile file = await KnownFolders.DocumentsLibrary.CreateFileAsync("Hey lol.txt");
But it…

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Windows 10 UWP Application - Error whilst creating package
I currently have a windows phone 8.1 application in the store and have decided to upgrade it to windows 10 UWP. I've created a new version of the app from scratch using VS 2015 3 RC and used the options in the project menu to associate the app with…

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Fixing scaled images in AppX manifest generated by Destop App Converter
I have used the Desktop App Converter to convert my Win32 application to .appx.
The converter failed to convert application icons correctly. Icon transparency was lost. While I have reported this (bug?) to Microsoft, meanwhile I'd like to try to…

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Package.appxmanifest Settings for a Apache Cordova Multi-Device Hybrid App
How does one set project specific settings for a hybrid app? I understand that the config.xml file provides some support using both the "preference" and "platform" elements, but there doesn't appear to be a definition as to what the possible values…

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MSIX multiple Applications in manifest file
A couple of basic questions regarding MSIX packages and their manifest files:
A MSIX package can contain multiple Applications. What identifies something as an "Application", rather than just an executable? An executable that is a component by…

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PDB files not in the appxbundle
I am trying to include the PDB files so the Store will provide me with Stack Traces with line numbers along with crash reports.
I made sure to select in Build>Advanced>Debugging Information: pdb-only
Upon Build, the /bin/ has .pdb files.
Then on…

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How to generate a Visual Studio project with app manifest from Qt?
I am able to generate an MSVC project (.vcxproj) from Qt but the project doesn't contain an app manifest file (Package.appxmanifest). I have tried using the qmake variable WINRT_MANIFEST and making sure that CONFIG includes embed_manifest_exe but I…

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