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LoaderSearchPathOverride and the Manifest
Current documentation on this Uap6 schema element appears at odds with the schema validation.
Extension (in Package/Extensions) (Windows 10) - Windows UWP applications | Microsoft Docs
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TIMOTHY_MANGAN Update:
I can confirm that the following sequence validates against the schema, and that makeappx creates a package, however the package fails to install via AppInstaller (20H2). Event logs show error 70490 (element not found).
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<Extensions>
<uap6:Extension Category="windows.loaderSearchPathOverride">
<uap6:LoaderSearchPathOverride>
<uap6:LoaderSearchPathEntry FolderPath="VFS\AppVPackageDrive\TestAppPathAlternate"/>
</uap6:LoaderSearchPathOverride>
</uap6:Extension>
</Extensions>
</Application>
</Applications>
</Package>
Good news. It appears that the online documentation is incorrect (or at least highly misleading). Moving this to a package level extension solves the issue and the application sees the dlls in the registered path.