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Copper Contributor

Mar 04, 2020

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MSIX for UWP and Windows service Bundle

I have read in some threads that MSIX will start to support also windows services from the January build. But I only seem to find information of how to migrate an existing installer containing a serv...

Tanaka_Jimha
Mar 06, 2020
Hi ABerglund

Our recommendation for apps in development is to use background tasks instead of trying to add a Windows Service.

For the case where you're trying to access content outside the UWP container, you can consider adding a desktop extension component to your UWP package and then using that for your required functionality. Have a look at this blog post for more details - https://stefanwick.com/2018/04/06/uwp-with-desktop-extension-part-1/

Cheers,

Tanaka

Tanaka_Jimha

Former Employee

Mar 06, 2020

Hi ABerglund

Our recommendation for apps in development is to use background tasks instead of trying to add a Windows Service.

For the case where you're trying to access content outside the UWP container, you can consider adding a desktop extension component to your UWP package and then using that for your required functionality. Have a look at this blog post for more details - https://stefanwick.com/2018/04/06/uwp-with-desktop-extension-part-1/

Cheers,

Tanaka