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Hi, My package is installed in sideloaded way and keeps encountering the app-specific permission error. Yes many suggest to alter permissions and owners manully in regedit and Component Ser...
Thanks Timothy for engaging.
I strived to compose a minimalist AppxManifest.xml before package compilation, which I wish to share with you for a quick review.
<Package xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/foundation/windows10">
<Identity Name="WeatherHistory" Version="0.7.0.1" Publisher="CN=Contoso Software, O=Contoso Corporation, C=US"/>
<Properties>
<DisplayName>Weather History</DisplayName>
<PublisherDisplayName>Tommy</PublisherDisplayName>
<Logo>Images/satelite.png</Logo>
</Properties>
<Dependencies>
<TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Universal" MinVersion="10.0.17763.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.18363.0"/>
<TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Desktop" MinVersion="10.0.17763.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.18363.0"/>
</Dependencies>
<Resources>
<Resource Language="en-us"/>
</Resources>
<Applications>
<Application Id="Weather.History" Executable="Weather.History.Splash.exe" EntryPoint="Weather.History.Splash.Bootstrapper">
<VisualElements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10" DisplayName="Weather History" Description="Frontend" Square150x150Logo="Images/satelite.png" Square44x44Logo="Images/satelite.png" BackgroundColor="yellow"/>
</Application>
</Applications>
</Package>
I strived to compose a minimalist AppxManifest.xml before package compilation, which I wish to share with you for a quick review.
<Package xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/foundation/windows10">
<Identity Name="WeatherHistory" Version="0.7.0.1" Publisher="CN=Contoso Software, O=Contoso Corporation, C=US"/>
<Properties>
<DisplayName>Weather History</DisplayName>
<PublisherDisplayName>Tommy</PublisherDisplayName>
<Logo>Images/satelite.png</Logo>
</Properties>
<Dependencies>
<TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Universal" MinVersion="10.0.17763.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.18363.0"/>
<TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Desktop" MinVersion="10.0.17763.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.18363.0"/>
</Dependencies>
<Resources>
<Resource Language="en-us"/>
</Resources>
<Applications>
<Application Id="Weather.History" Executable="Weather.History.Splash.exe" EntryPoint="Weather.History.Splash.Bootstrapper">
<VisualElements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10" DisplayName="Weather History" Description="Frontend" Square150x150Logo="Images/satelite.png" Square44x44Logo="Images/satelite.png" BackgroundColor="yellow"/>
</Application>
</Applications>
</Package>
As the next step I fabricate a mapping file so that the dir layout exhibits some order. The last invocations are :
makeappx.exe pack /v /o /f mapping.map /m Appxmanifest.xml /p ./Weather.History.msix
SignTool.exe sign /fd SHA256 /a /f devcert.pfx /p certpwd ./Weather.History.msix
Maybe the devcert puts a crimp on the exe launch...
makeappx.exe pack /v /o /f mapping.map /m Appxmanifest.xml /p ./Weather.History.msix
SignTool.exe sign /fd SHA256 /a /f devcert.pfx /p certpwd ./Weather.History.msix
Maybe the devcert puts a crimp on the exe launch...
- Btw what yet strange is that upon app start it shows an empty window for a while until it gives up that daft DCOM action. But thats window is not supposed to be the entry point exe just judging by the window dimensions. Im launching a 240x240 window and that is much bigger.
