When creating a desktop shortcut that points to the PSFLauncher.exe, the application launched is not the one that is named after the <Application> we are in (in this case Admin, and which works when called via the Application Alias), but rather the last in the list (LEX) in the config.json. Removing all other entries from the config.json and the desktop shortcut launches fine.
<Dependencies>
......
<PackageDependency Name="Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.4" MinVersion="4000.1010.1349.0" Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US" />
</Dependencies>
.....
<Application Id="Admin" Executable="PSFLauncher64.exe" EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication">
<uap3:VisualElements DisplayName="Administration" Description="Launch Administration" BackgroundColor="#3a0951" Square150x150Logo="Assets\Square150x150Logo.png" Square44x44Logo="Assets\Square44x44Logo.png">
<uap:DefaultTile Wide310x150Logo="Assets\Wide310x150Logo.png" Square310x310Logo="Assets\LargeTile.png" Square71x71Logo="Assets\SmallTile.png">
<uap:ShowNameOnTiles>
<uap:ShowOn Tile="wide310x150Logo" />
<uap:ShowOn Tile="square310x310Logo" />
</uap:ShowNameOnTiles>
</uap:DefaultTile>
</uap3:VisualElements>
<Extensions>
<uap4:Extension Category="windows.sharedFonts">
<uap4:SharedFonts>
<uap4:Font File="VFS\Fonts\DRAWSymbol.ttf"/>
</uap4:SharedFonts>
</uap4:Extension>
<uap3:Extension Category="windows.appExecutionAlias" EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication" Executable="PSFLauncher64.exe">
<uap3:AppExecutionAlias>
<desktop:ExecutionAlias Alias="admin.exe" />
</uap3:AppExecutionAlias>
</uap3:Extension>
<desktop7:Extension Category="windows.shortcut">
<desktop7:Shortcut File="[{Desktop}]\Administration.lnk" Icon="[{Package}]\Assets\LargeTile.png" Description="Launch Administration" />
</desktop7:Extension>
</Extensions>
</Application>
.........
PSF Config.json.
{
"applications": [
{
"id":"Admin",
"executable":"VFS\\ProgramFilesX64\\Administration\\mon.exe",
"arguments":"PROD ADMIN init \"%MsixPackageRoot%\\VFS\\ProgramFilesX64\\Administration\\admin.init\"",
"inPackageContext": true
},
{
"id":"Admin.exe",
"executable":"VFS\\ProgramFilesX64\\Administration\\Admin.exe",
"inPackageContext": true
},
{
"id":"ADM",
"executable":"VFS\\ProgramFilesX64\\Administration\\adm.exe",
"inPackageContext": true
},
{
"id":"LEX",
"executable":"VFS\\ProgramFilesX64\\Administration\\lex.exe",
"inPackageContext": true
}
]
}
