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DS2803
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May 27, 2020
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MSIX - FTA and Dependency handling

Hi, 2 quick questions:   Does MSIX support multiple FTA? Example, if my application derives FTA for 2 file types via 2 different executable (.exe), does this work with MSIX? I believe it does not...
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    TIMOTHY_MANGAN
    Jun 03, 2020

    DS2803 Some possible answers.

    1) An application may have more than one FTA.

    2) Support for Shell Extensions (FTA items under ShellEx that point to dlls to be loaded by the windows shell "windows explorer" process) is sketchy at present.  Some types work and some don't.  I'm unaware of a published list, but context menus are the most popular type and they seem OK.

    3) The equivalent of the App-V Connection group has been discussed as a possible (likely?) future for MSIX.  Of course it has to have a different name when it comes out.  There is a also a different concept called the Modification package.  A modification package depends on a primary package and may contain files and registry, but no outward publishing extensions like shortcuts/FTAs/Protocol Handlers.

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Tanaka_Jimha
Former Employee
Jun 04, 2020

Hi DS2803,

 

Another option you can look at for sharing resources between two applications deployed as separate packages is packaging them as a related set.

 

You can find more details here:

 

  • Optional packages + related sets overview  - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/package/optional-packages
  • Authoring - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/package/optional-packages-with-executable-code

Cheers,

Tanaka

 

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