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Add MSIX support to our own packaging tool
Hello, We are a software vendor looking to add MSIX support to our MSI editing/repackaging tool. It is not really clear if the MSIX SDK is the right tool for this. Could you point us in the right di...
EdijsPerkums - currently, the MSIX SDK doesnt allow for packaging.
You can use the public packaging APIs to get the package info and its contents and use MakeAppx.exe to package the contents into a MSIX package.
Yes you understood correctly.
Is it possible to build and edit MSIX packages using the MSIX SDK? MakeAppx.exe will not work, because we want to display the contents of the MSIX package in our tool.
Thank you!
EdijsPerkums - currently, the MSIX SDK doesnt allow for packaging.
You can use the public packaging APIs to get the package info and its contents and use MakeAppx.exe to package the contents into a MSIX package.