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Copper Contributor

Oct 25, 2019

Build MSIX from VS 2017 Pro (v 15.9.4)

I work for a large enterprise and would like to prototype an MSIX package. We are running Win10 (v 1803) so I cannot use the MSIX Packaging tool (assuming I need Win10.v1809, please correct me if I'm...

James Pike

Microsoft

Oct 25, 2019

SteveDeleon

Hi Steve,

You should be able to use the windows application packaging project to package MSIX. Please see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/desktop/desktop-to-uwp-packaging-dot-net

Alternatively, you could package your MSIX by hand using: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/desktop/desktop-to-uwp-manual-conversion

Additionally, if you want to use the MSIX Packaging Tool, you might be able to leverage our pre-made VM: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/packaging-tool/quick-create-vm even if your enterprise is still on an older release of windows.

Please let us know if you run into any issues with re-packaging!

Thanks!
James