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Passing installation parameters to a Windows application with MSIX and App Installer

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Matteo Pagani
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Sep 28, 2020
As a Windows developer, a very common requirement you might be asked to implement is to track information about the installation process. For example, let's say that you have started a special campai...
Updated Sep 28, 2020
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Apskalle
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Feb 03, 2021

Oh, sorry, came out harsher then intended, my apologies.

 

Just thinking out loud, wouldnt the appinstaller file be a place for parameters

 

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<AppInstaller
	<MainBundle/>
	<UpdateSettings>
		<OnLaunch
			HoursBetweenUpdateChecks="0"
			ShowPrompt="true"
			UpdateBlocksActivation="true">
			<Parameters>
				<Parameter Key=foo Value=fooval/>
				<Parameter Key=bar Value=barval/>
			<Parameters>
		</OnLaunch>
		<ForceUpdateFromAnyVersion>true</ForceUpdateFromAnyVersion>
	</UpdateSettings>
</AppInstaller>

 

As for the point of launches subsequent to install, yes it works if you continue to launch it via the appinstaller. But (the normal?) way would be via the installed app (eg Start menu) and there the arguments are no longer forwarded as far as I can see.

 

/Martin