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Unable to launch Microsoft MSIX Package Tool if disconnected from the internet
TIMOTHY_MANGAN How are you installing the app? The symptom mentioned is generally caused by not installing a license with the app. If you download the offline copy from the Microsoft Store for Business the free license can be acquired there as well.
John.
TIMOTHY_MANGAN Sounds like it is a license issue. Since it is a free app we get a license without any Microsoft account required, which is why it worked with internet connectivity.
We can add some more text to the docs to help mitigate and clarify this issue.
John.
jvintzel Yeah, we could use that. I'm finding I need to piece together bits and pieces that don't quite line up.
This article: https://www.scconfigmgr.com/2016/04/05/deploy-offline-licensed-universal-apps-offline-from-windows-store-for-business-with-configmgr/ shows how to get the license file, but the filetype it shows for ConfigMan use is ".bin".
Meanwhile, this article: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dism/add-appxprovisionedpackage?view=win10-ps shows that the value for LicensePath is an XML file.
It looks to me the the unencoded form of the license file is xml. And attempts to use the bin file on the dism command with /LicensePath fails with error:
Using the xml file instead does succeed. I'm ok using the xml file as this is part of image processing so I'm not woried about possible snooping eyes. But a single document covering how to deploy the tool, including the offline license scenario, would be great for customers..