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Windows Desktop (App) Runtime with latest MSIX Packaging Tool
I've noticed with the latest v1.2023.1212.0 release of the MSIX Packaging Tool, that several applications are now presenting the dependency for Microsoft.Windows.AppRuntime.1.4 where the same applica...
Hi GrahamGB
As mentioned in MSIX February Blogpost, if the tool detects that the package has a desktop shortcut present, it automatically adds the Windows App SDK dependency in the package, along with the desktop7:Shortcut extensions in that manifest.
Can you please check if the packages in question have existing desktop shortcuts?
-Fiza,
PM, MSIX
Fiza_Azmi
Microsoft
MicrosoftHi GrahamGB
As mentioned in MSIX February Blogpost, if the tool detects that the package has a desktop shortcut present, it automatically adds the Windows App SDK dependency in the package, along with the desktop7:Shortcut extensions in that manifest.
Can you please check if the packages in question have existing desktop shortcuts?
-Fiza,
PM, MSIX
Fiza_Azmi Will do. I guess that makes sense. I normally remove those during install of the app, but maybe not others.
- Thanks for the clarification Fiza_Azmi, quite often I would remove the desktop shortcuts created by installers before completing the capture, however I can understand if these are removed at the package editor stage then this runtime would have been added in. I have submitted a comment on the blogpost, highlighting that the inclusion of the desktop7:shortcut results in the dependency for the runtime being flagged up as well for completeness.
