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TIMOTHY_MANGAN
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Mar 19, 2024
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New version of MSIX Packaging Tool and WIndows App Runtime Dependency

Attention MSIX Packaging Tool team and Fiza_Azmi    Reported to me by two different Microsoft customers.   The latest version of the MSIX Packaging Tool seems to automatically add a package d...
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    Fiza_Azmi
    Mar 20, 2024

    Hi TIMOTHY_MANGAN

    If the tool detects that the package has a desktop shortcut present, it automatically adds the Windows App SDK dependency in the package, along with the desktop7:Shortcut extensions in that manifest.

    Can you please check if the packages in question have existing desktop shortcuts?

    -Fiza,
    PM, MSIX

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Fiza_Azmi
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Mar 20, 2024

Hi TIMOTHY_MANGAN

If the tool detects that the package has a desktop shortcut present, it automatically adds the Windows App SDK dependency in the package, along with the desktop7:Shortcut extensions in that manifest.

Can you please check if the packages in question have existing desktop shortcuts?

-Fiza,
PM, MSIX

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