No support for virtualized environment variables

Question

Applications packaged in the MSIX Packaging tool correctly capture changes to environment variables in the registry, both user and system based. However, the application does not see these in the environment block when it tries to access them in the runtime.

App-V provided virtualized environment variables and these are needed for a range of applications.

dian hartono · Answer

Hi,
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Thanks for the feedback. Do you have a list of applications in mind?&nbsp;
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-Dian&nbsp;

timothy_mangan · Answer

JavaArcGISAutoCad&nbsp;and a bunch of the developer tools

valentin_paun · Answer

How it is possible that after a long period of time the MSIX still not support Environment Variables , can someone from Microsoft could answer to this topic? A lot of applications require Environments and they are not supported by MSIX.

siva116 · Answer

Yes, even I observed the issue while working with Java. It would be great, if we have any solution for this. Thanks to TIMOTHY MANGAN for highlighting this issue.

bogdan mitrache · Answer

The free Express edition from Advanced Installer extends the MSIX container with a built-in support for environment variables.https://www.advancedinstaller.com/express-edition.html

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No support for virtualized environment variables

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