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KevinS12345
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Dec 02, 2021
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Exe registered with sparse MSIX doesn't launch with identity from Explorer

I'm trying to migrate a plain Win32 program to use some WinRT APIs using a sparse MSIX package. I've got everything setup based on various documentation (also "sparse"!). GetCurrentPackageFullName() ...
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    Dec 03, 2021
    Solved! I was able to get the sample project at https://github.com/microsoft/AppModelSamples/tree/master/Samples/SparsePackages working and that helped narrow it down. Turns out the Assets folder and files must exist relative to the external location. In my test I did not have these setup originally.

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