Context Menu in MSIX package broken in Windows 11 24H2

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Context Menu in MSIX package broken in Windows 11 24H2
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A package of NotePad++ with the shell extension context menu that works on Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 fails to produce the context menu when installed on 24h2.&nbsp; It is not on the main right-click nor the show more options display.
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crazylarry · Answer

I've MSIXed Notepad++ 8.7.6 on Windows 10 and got the right-click menu on 24H2. I had to change the value MaxVersionTested= to '10.0.26100.1', if that helps. Here's my Appxmanifest xml:&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;&lt;Package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/foundation/windows10" xmlns:desktop4="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/desktop/windows10/4" xmlns:desktop5="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/desktop/windows10/5" xmlns:uap="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10" xmlns:uap10="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/10" xmlns:desktop7="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/desktop/windows10/7" xmlns:rescap="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/foundation/windows10/restrictedcapabilities" xmlns:com="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/com/windows10" IgnorableNamespaces="uap uap10 desktop7 rescap com desktop4 desktop5"&gt;&nbsp; &lt;!--Package created by MSIX Packaging Tool version: unknown_version--&gt;&nbsp; &lt;Identity Name="NotepadPlusPlus" Publisher="CN=MSIX Testing" Version="8.7.6.0" ProcessorArchitecture="x64" /&gt;&nbsp; &lt;Properties&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;DisplayName&gt;NotepadPlusPlus&lt;/DisplayName&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;PublisherDisplayName&gt;FOS&lt;/PublisherDisplayName&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;Description&gt;None&lt;/Description&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;Logo&gt;Assets\StoreLogo.png&lt;/Logo&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;uap10:PackageIntegrity&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;uap10:Content Enforcement="on" /&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/uap10:PackageIntegrity&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/Properties&gt;&nbsp; &lt;Resources&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;Resource Language="en-us" /&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/Resources&gt;&nbsp; &lt;Dependencies&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Desktop" MinVersion="10.0.16299.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.26100.1" /&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/Dependencies&gt;&nbsp; &lt;Applications&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;Application Id="NOTEPAD" Executable="VFS\ProgramFilesX64\Notepad++
otepad++.exe" EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication"&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;uap:VisualElements BackgroundColor="transparent" DisplayName="Notepad++" Square150x150Logo="Assets\NOTEPAD-Square150x150Logo.png" Square44x44Logo="Assets\NOTEPAD-Square44x44Logo.png" Description="Notepad++"&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;uap:DefaultTile Wide310x150Logo="Assets\NOTEPAD-Wide310x150Logo.png" Square310x310Logo="Assets\NOTEPAD-Square310x310Logo.png" Square71x71Logo="Assets\NOTEPAD-Square71x71Logo.png" /&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/uap:VisualElements&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;Extensions&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;desktop7:Extension Category="windows.shortcut"&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;desktop7:Shortcut File="[{Common Programs}]\Notepad++.lnk" Icon="[{Package}]\VFS\ProgramFilesX64\Notepad++
otepad++.exe" /&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/desktop7:Extension&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;desktop4:Extension Category="windows.fileExplorerContextMenus"&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;desktop4:FileExplorerContextMenus&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;desktop5:ItemType Type="*"&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;desktop5:Verb Id="EditWithNotepadPlusPlus" Clsid="E6950302-61F0-4FEB-97DB-855E30D4A991" /&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/desktop5:ItemType&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/desktop4:FileExplorerContextMenus&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/desktop4:Extension&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;com:Extension Category="windows.comServer"&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;com:ComServer&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;com:SurrogateServer DisplayName="Notepad++ Shell Extension"&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;com:Class Id="E6950302-61F0-4FEB-97DB-855E30D4A991" Path="VFS\ProgramFilesX64\Notepad++\contextMenu\NppShell.dll" ThreadingModel="STA" /&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/com:SurrogateServer&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/com:ComServer&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/com:Extension&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/Extensions&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/Application&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/Applications&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;Capabilities&gt;&lt;rescap:Capability Name="runFullTrust" /&gt;&lt;/Capabilities&gt;&lt;/Package&gt;

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