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Context Menu in MSIX packaged application.
Hi Team,
I have packaged an application using the MSIX packaging tool and after installing/publishing the application i found out that the application lacks context menu. Is this feature still not available in MSIX packaged applications?
- Yes, in VLC it works because you have for each file association a registered .exe that it points to. For example you point .mp3s to open up with vlc.exe.
But in cases like notepad++, winzip,etc, you have a shell extension which is not placed on a specific file association and it points to a .dll file.
Also, in MSIX, the context menu is not placed with the captured registry. Context menu is added inside the AppManifest.xml file.
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SahibiMiranshahMicrosoft
GauravTamkoria legacy IContextMenu context menu support is now available in insider builds (Support legacy context menus - MSIX | Microsoft Docs) This feature is not in retail builds yet.
Please let us know if you have follow up questions.
Some more details on MSIX shell support, from our experiments.
Bogdan Mitrache I can see the context menu when i re-packaged VLC media player and
Bogdan Mitrache wrote:Some more details on https://www.advancedinstaller.com/msix-context-menu.html, from our experiments.
Bogdan Mitrache wrote:Some more details on https://www.advancedinstaller.com/msix-context-menu.html, from our experiments.
it captured all the file associations, same thing was not achieved with 7Zip, Notepad++,WinZip.GauravTamkoria What tool have you used for the VLC package? I've tried simple capture via Microsoft MSIX package tool and I get no context menu for VLC (like right click on folder "Add to VLC media player's Playlist") Thanks
- Context Menu is a subset of the Shell Extensions. Microsoft has previously indicated this is being looked at for the future.
