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Siva116
Brass Contributor
Aug 26, 2021

Shortcut pointing to Batch script (.bat file) - PSF Tool not worked.

Hi All, Scenario: I have an app with multiple shortcuts, in those one shortcut's Target is "cmd.exe" and argument is path of a batch script file(.bat file). I have tried to create MSIX package with ...
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Batch Script
cmd.exe
Shortcut
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mohant1850
Copper Contributor
Jun 13, 2024

Siva116  you can follow below steps for .bat shortcuts creation.

  1. Open the AppxManifest.xml file and choose one of the following actions:
  2. Create a new “Application” element there and set the “Executable” attribute to point to the PsfLauncher executable.
  3. Update the “Application” element and set the “Executable” to point to the PsfLauncher executable.
  4. Create a config.json file as shown below, as per you are application name, .bat file location etc.. make sure "id" should be same in manifest file aswell as config file.
  5.  Add the corresponding PSF files along with the config.json file created at step 4 into your MSIX package.
    PsfLauncher32.exe/PsfLauncher64.exe
    PsfRunDll32.exe/PsfRunDll64.exe
    PsfRuntime32.dll/PsfRuntime64.dll
    StartMenuCmdScriptWrapper.ps1

     

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Abir_KumarS
Copper Contributor
Sep 04, 2024

mohant1850 - I have applied the same config.json but it is still not working. 

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    mohant1850
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 05, 2024
    First, we need to run the batch file manually. In the Task Manager’s Details column, you can choose the Command Line option to identify the command. Use the same command line; in my case, it was /c.
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    TIMOTHY_MANGAN
    MVP
    Sep 04, 2024
    Abir_KumarS
    You would need to run a process monitor trace to see what you did wrong.

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