Status:
Working on it
Start update-process by clicking on application taskbar button or desktop shortcut
Currently MSIX deployed desktop application (eg. Winforms or WPF) are automatically updated only when app is launched by Start menu item. When user launch app by clicking on app taskbar button or on ...
I wish I read this a week ago before I started working on the change over from ClickOnce to AppX/Msix. This is a complete show stopper for us. We need the app to check every time it is launched if an update is available. If there is, IT SHOULD UPDATE BEFORE even launching the app, not after. I am floored that cannot be done.
I see options
UpdateBlocksActivation
to force but that seems to only work on the latest Win10 builds. Why on earth didnt MS update ClickOnce to support .net core so we can keep the same UX.
Might have to see if Squirrel.Windows is still a viable option 😕