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Joe Robinson
Copper Contributor
Feb 19, 2021

MSIX, PSF Framework Questions coming from an App-V environment

Greetings!   I am coming from an App-V environment.  Been using it for a long time and I've had great success with it.  I figured it's probably time I bit and started learning how to prepare my app...
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TIMOTHY_MANGAN
MVP
Feb 21, 2021

Joe Robinson  Repackaging many apps are certainly more work with MSIX than with App-V.  But you can probably get there for many of the apps.

 

In my last round of testing, I did note that applications that installed into private directories like you mention are having problems with the FileRedirectionFixup.  I would recommend using a "PVAD" style installation until this gets looked into.

 

I also found another issue with the FRF that affects more kinds of packages which I just submitted a fix for.  This might be involved with your issues and will be included in the next version of PsfTooling soon (something more recent than the current 4.8).

 

There are many ways in which the application can determine what that installdir is.  I think we have most of them covered.  Do keep in mind that we often solve the initial issue with an app under MSIX only to find additional issues, so make sure you aren't fighting the wrong problem!

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