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SeanBuckle45
Copper Contributor
Mar 19, 2021

WVD Environment not picking up MSIX App Attach

Hello, I have setup a MSIX app in our WVD environment.  But when I log in as the user that has access to the app it does not show up.   I created the MSIX with the MSIX packaging tool, used msixmg...
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Stefan Georgiev
Former Employee
Mar 29, 2021
For that to happen it indicates that explorer was not able to find the MSIX application on the machine. Please check staging, registration, and app logs.
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jatinkumar
MCT
Jun 23, 2023

guys any update on this problem

i see explorer also opening up in my case

plz can someone help

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    cws-apellegrino
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 23, 2023

    jatinkumar Another update

     

    I used a different VM. This time Azure hosted Windows 11 and made a CIM out of the msix file.

    Same result.

     

    I wonder what we're missing...

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      JeffRobichaud
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 13, 2023

      cws-apellegrino 

      Same here, when an app is freshly deployed. This behavior will persist until I restart the session host (VM). Once the VM is restarted, the app launches successfully.


      The following log entry from the Event Viewer seems to be related to the issue, since it closely matches every failed attempt:

       

      AppAttachProcessParser.HandleProcessStart Exception occured while retrieving process file path, using process name instead: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): Access is denied
at System.Diagnostics.ProcessManager.OpenProcess(Int32 processId, Int32 access, Boolean throwIfExited)
at System.Diagnostics.NtProcessManager.GetModuleInfos(Int32 processId, Boolean firstModuleOnly)
at System.Diagnostics.NtProcessManager.GetFirstModuleInfo(Int32 processId)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.get_MainModule()
at Microsoft.RDInfra.RDAgent.EtwReader.AppAttachProcessParser.HandleProcessStart(TraceEvent data) in C:\__w\1\s\src\RDAgent\src\ETWReader\ETWProcessors\AppAttachProcessParser.cs:line 267

       

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    cws-apellegrino
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 23, 2023

    Also running into the same issue.

     

    Environment is Windows Server 2019. 
    Installed MSIX dependency of WindowsAppRuntime 1.2

     

    MSIX was freshly built from a sample .NET Maui application and then MSIXMGR to vhd/x type.

     

    Issue occurs with both vhd and vhdx formats. Haven't gotten cim type to successfully attach in AVD Portal.

     

    Same thing--app appears in the AVD console but on launch it just open file explorer.

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