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What is the "gap" and how do I eliminate it?
I have an MSIX installed via App Installer. I've got it working, but sometimes after an update there is a very long pause before the app is relaunched. In the Event Viewer there is a helpful bre...
Aditi_Narvekar / MikeH what was the end result of this, as I have similar experiences with the Package Analyzer stalling after apparently successfully installing the MSIX package.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/msix/msix-packaging-tool-package-analyzer/m-p/4038759#M3988
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/msix/msix-packaging-tool-package-analyzer/m-p/4038759#M3988
GrahamGBI think we concluded that it's some lazy attempt to avoid a race between the updater and the app shutting down, when it's detected that the app is still running. I run a company that makes packaging tools and we solved this by taking more control over the update process ourselves using the API.
https://hydraulic.dev/ makes MSIX packages but also a small Win32 installer/updater exe that drives the install and update process itself. This lets us work around bugs in Windows.