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Q: When is Desktop7:ApprovedShellExtension needed?
MicrosoftTIMOTHY_MANGAN thank you for your question. Someone will respond to your question as soon as possible.
MicrosoftYour questions are answered by the link on the page for this manifest extension: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/reg-shell-exts But to reiterate what the page says:
Yes this would be used in conjunction with a COM class in the manifest that is exposed through Packaged COM (windows.comServer), and is being used as a Shell Extension Handler. This applies to all the shell extensions that can be declared in the appxmanifest
The impact of including or not including this element is whether or not the shell extension would be turned off when an admin on the machine turns on the key EnforceShellExtensionSecurity , again as described on the page’s link.