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GauravTamkoria
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May 03, 2019
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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 no...
  • alexmarin89's avatar
    alexmarin89
    May 27, 2019
    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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