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deonb1
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Aug 04, 2021

Using ProcessorArchitecture from PackageLayout instead of AppxManifest

The <Package> element in PackageLayout.xml is documented to take a ProcessorArchitecture:   https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/package/packaging-layout   However, no matter what I try ...
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Aditi_Narvekar
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Aug 17, 2021

deonb1  Does the source manifest (the file specified in the ManifestPath attribute) contain a ProcessorArchitecture attribute under the <Identity> element? If not, try adding one there. The value doesn't matter since it'll be replaced when building the packaging layout.

 

What might be happening is, the ProcessorArchitecture specified in PackagingLayout only replaces an existing value in the source manifest, but it does not add one if it's not specified.

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