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MSIX and app attach made easy

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Join us for a deep dive into MSIX and app attach! We will show you the myriad of enhancements we have made to app attach from creating the app attach disk image to configuring and updating it. We wil...
Char_Cheesman
Updated Dec 27, 2024
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GrahamGB
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Dec 01, 2023
Agree with Jay Michaud about the desktop shortcuts, I don't see what we would want to advocate this as most enterprise desktop engineers would look to mitigate these being part of the packaged solution and let a user create it if they require it.
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    Fiza_Azmi
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    Dec 07, 2023
    The provision to create Desktop Shortcuts is not a mandate but is an available option provided for those who wish to use it. When using the MSIX Packaging tool for converting an old application, IT administrators are given the option to configure the shortcut post MSIX conversion, if the original application had one present.
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      GrahamGB
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      Dec 08, 2023

      Thanks Fiza_Azmi , i'm not sure IT administrators should be encouraged to provide that functionality.  In regards to my query it does seem you can still create a desktop shortcut manually from a pinned MSIX/Appx application, which wasn't clear.

       

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    GrahamGB
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    Dec 04, 2023
    Looking at this further, is this more related to the fact that users can't right click MSIX created start menu shortcuts to save to the desktop any longer if they tried to navigate to the location of the start-menu or physical file and 'Send to Desktop'?
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Nov 30, 202310:00 AM - 10:30 AM PST