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ChreesM
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Oct 30, 2019

Winforms .exe in MSIX Package Does Not Startup After Auto Update

We are deploying a classic Winforms .exe via MISX. Approximately 20% of the time, the application does not start automatically after an auto update completes. After an update and failed start, we can...
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Tanaka_Jimha
Iron Contributor
Nov 02, 2019

ChreesM 

 

A few questions:

 

  1. To make sure I understand what's going on, are you launching the app, the update UI pops up, installs the update successfully and at the end of the update the app doesn't launch?
  2. Can you please share:

C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\TempState\AILog.txt from when this issue occurs.

 

And just to make sure, can you please check Task Manager to see if your app's process is present when the issue occurs.

 

Thanks

Tanaka

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    ChreesM
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 04, 2019

    Tanaka_Jimha 

    1. Yes, that is correct.

     

    2. attached

     

    3. The application's process does not appear in Task Manager during a hang.

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      Tanaka_Jimha
      Iron Contributor
      Nov 12, 2019

      ChreesM 

       

      Thanks for the info. We're looking into the issue, I'll keep you posted.

       

      Tanaka

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        ChreesM
        Brass Contributor
        Nov 25, 2019

        Tanaka_Jimha  - Hi Tanaka,

         

        Just checking in to see if there has been any movement on this item.

         

        Regards

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