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Issue Launching Applications Using PSF
Hi All, I've been having issues trying to launch MSIX applications that need remediation via the PSF. There are a few different applications I've been working with the PSF to resolve various issues b...
Hi Vanbogie1200
Manually building the JSON config is error-prone and time-consuming. Personally, I never built one manually (so it's hard for me to say if something is wrong with your sample), it is way easier to just use the free Express edition from Advanced Installer to config the fixups from its GUI, and the JSON gets generated automatically.
More details: How the PSF integration from Advanced Installer works.
Disclaimer: I work on the team building Advanced Installer.
Additional help:
- How to build and MSIX package for Notepad++
https://www.advancedinstaller.com/notepad-plus-plus-msix.html
- How to Add Notepad++ plugins to an MSIX package
https://www.advancedinstaller.com/notepad-plus-plugins-msix.html
- How to build and MSIX package for Notepad++
https://www.advancedinstaller.com/notepad-plus-plus-msix.html
- How to Add Notepad++ plugins to an MSIX package
https://www.advancedinstaller.com/notepad-plus-plugins-msix.html
- I used Advanced installer to create the redirection and got slightly better results. Notepad actually launches but the xml errors are still there. At least that's something to work with.
- You need to add a file redirection fixup for the XML files. Check out the following videos - Advanced Installer tries to add the fixups automatically when you use the "Trace" functionality or you can manually add them from the GUI.
Smart Fixups (auto) demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0ph3dHVFk&ab_channel=AdvancedInstaller
PSF Ignite demo: https://youtu.be/f3Z7j1XEPgs?t=774
