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uvinabeysinghe
Oct 21, 2020Copper Contributor
Registry keys created after installation and left behind after uninstallation.
Hello, When we install an application using the MSIX package we created using the MSIX packaging tool, certain registry keys are created. Once we uninstall the application, some of the registry keys...
Oct 27, 2020
uvinabeysinghe So when the installation occurs and is then removed, some of the registry keys natively created due to the FTA extension remain. Hopefully ShakersMSFT can look into this.
I would think that this is due to the info in the Manifest and cleaning out the container registry during packaging would not help. I would also guess that the particular integrations added during install include some shell extensions, and we could be looking the extension being in use. I'm not aware of MSIX having a pending state on the removal like App-V has, but you might need to try logging off and on to see if it cleans up automatically.