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stevenzelenko
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Apr 16, 2025

MSIX Apps Not Showing the Windows 11 Start Menu

We are seeing a strange issue in our AVD Dev build.  We followed all guidelines on packaging up MSIX apps and can attach them via the Azure portal, but these apps are not showing in the start menu.  And if we switch the user to use published apps, when you click on the icon, it opens file explorer.  The permissions on our azure storage account share is correct wo we are stumped.  We have a ticket open with MSFT but thought I'd see if anyone has seen/corrected this.

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  • JonahBader's avatar
    JonahBader
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    Can you provide more info on the packaging process you used? For example, were you packaging an msi or exe file, did you use the MSIX packaging tool to create the package, and what format did you use (VHDX, CIM, etc.)

  • JonahBader's avatar
    JonahBader
    Brass Contributor

    Not sure if you got any traction with Microsoft, but can you provide info on these?

    What type of disk are you using? (VHD, VHDX, CIM)
    Are you packaging from an .msi or an .exe?
    What are you using to do the packaging? (MSIX Packaging Tool?)

  • Any chance to fix by exclude start Menu Cache in FSLogix:

     

    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Packages</Exclude>

     

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