Howard Kapustein

@harvinders sorry I overlooked your message. Let's fix that... > why do you propose to remove AppInfo? Because package != application A Package contains 0-100 applications so we need to...

I noticed this was still outstanding so let me share a little good cheer. This is now supported via Windows APIs in the [Windows.ApplicationModel.PackageExtensions namespace](https://learn.microsoft.com/uwp/api/windows.applicationmodel.packageextensions) and [](https://learn.microsoft.com/uwp/schemas/appxpackage/uapmanifestschema/element-uap17-packageextension) (and [](https://learn.microsoft.com/uwp/schemas/appxpackage/uapmanifestschema/element-uap17-packageextensionhost) in...

Is this issue still relevant? The repro steps are unclear on some details so it's hard to say definitively. It's possible or you're misunderstanding some of the subtler aspects here,...

> but I have made a mistake with regard to Sparse Packages. They cannot be run in AppContainer. https://nicksnettravels.builttoroam.com/trust-identity-and-appcontainer-for-windows-apps/ is incorrect (though the fault's really with the underlying blog post)....

Dupe of #1217 ?

`.msix` files are .zip files with some additional rules about their content / structure. You can't simply "unzip" a `.msix` and "zip" the files using ZIP savvy tools and get...

> Would using the [AppxPackaging API](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/appxpackaging/) suit your needs? That should let you consume and produce .appx/.msix packages programmatically without using MakeAppx. +1 That's how much of makeappx.exe is implemented...

>Without this option, we would not be able to downgrade the application. Do you need to? This is a pretty exotic option because of the ramifications -- if you change...

0x80070570 = ERROR_FILE_CORRUPT Perhaps this is what you meant? ``` Add-AppPackage '.\Microsoft.WindowsTerminalCanary.appinstaller' -AppInstallerFile ```

>What's really going on is something like: apps need a global app alias for internal EXEs What are you trying to do? * `CreateProcess(pkgdir\some_random.exe)` * `CreateProcess(pkgdir\app_executable_per_appxmanifest.exe)` * `CreatePrcess(some_appexecutionalias.exe)` * `ShellExecute(some_appexecutionalias.exe)`...