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appx/appinstaller RequestAddPackageByAppInstallerFileAsync problems
Is this the right place to ask about RequestAddPackageByAppInstallerFileAsync ? When its called from the application to schedule an update, it fails with The package could not be installed because resources it modifies are currently in use. Well, that's the part of the purpose of the api isn't it, to update itself? If not how do you schedule an update on restart?919Views1like1CommentRe: App Attach and auto update
Stefan Georgiev Right I can see that argument and it makes some sense. I've never administered a VD setup but I suppose AppInstaller is normally disabled as well as it writes to Program Files\WindowsApps. As a slight aside I would say the Venn diagram overlap is getting blurred when considering the differences between a web app and an MSIX app. Both store the latest version in some kind of cache, either the browser cache or %AppData%\Local\Packages\<guid>\LocalCache. MSIX runs with a VFS which also moves it more away from a traditional Windows app. As things stand I think I'm just going to have to live with a slower cadence for our updates to VD customers.1.7KViews0likes0CommentsRe: App Attach and auto update
I suspect that is the case. It's not very satisfactory though from my an ISV point of view, specifically an ISV deploying on the cloud. If you have a client server app on 100 clients, 10 on VDs then, and you want to perform an update with internal API changes, then you can do the non VD clients easily, but you can't deploy the VD installation's backends until you organise dates with the client IT team. This is a worse workflow than, for example, a wholly cloud based deployment, e.g. with a web front end.1.7KViews0likes0CommentsApp Attach and auto update
Hi, Maybe https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/msix-deployment/citrix-and-xendesktop/m-p/1521499 was too broad to get a response, so I've done some more investigation and maybe the recommended way to go with virtual desktops, Windows or Citrix, is with the App Attach technology. Is the auto update functionality supported in this scenario or as an ISV does a new msix or vxd have to be produced and shipped to the client IT for them to add to their VD set up? (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-dev-appconsult/handling-application-updates-with-app-installer-and-msix-in/ba-p/355389)Solved1.8KViews1like4CommentsCitrix and XenDesktop
Is MSIX and the auto update feature, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/non-store-developer-updates, supported under Citrix Xen Desktop? I.e. How would that be done, do the updates have to be applied to the golden image, or would the users have permissions to perform the update? I tried asking over at Citrix, but just silence there.Solved1.3KViews0likes1Comment
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