Rafael Rivera

Just adding https://x.com/SheriefFYI/status/1992983352299925519 to track public usability concerns around this current UI.

Yes, that's why this issue exists. I'll edit that above and make it more clear, sorry for any confusion.

@MahmoudGSaleh There is no Universal Applications workload and no MSIX files in the location you suggested. Want to try again? 😆

Oh, I see. `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Kits\10\ExtensionSDKs\Microsoft.VCLibs.Desktop\14.0\Appx\[Debug|Retail]\[x86|x64|arm64]` ~~Are application developers legally able to redistribute/host these somewhere to light up the appinstaller dependency scenario above? 🤔~~ Note to self: Redistribution...

Looks like this LAF is only officially available in Canary builds (27954+), which is unacceptable. Workaround for everyone else: 1. Run the commands: ``` psexec -i -s C:\windows\system32\reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\LimitedAccessFeatures\com.microsoft.windows.ai.languagemodel"...

@danielkornev I'm seeing that too; I haven't had time to fully debug it yet. Some tips: * If you're unpackaged, that's not supported anymore. * If you're packaged w/ full...

Update: Seems to be working well now, perhaps some updates were missing? Tested on 26220.6760 and 6772 / 2025-09 Phi Silica version 1.2509.1022.0 ✅

> ah, so this won't work on 25H2 (26200.6725)? Should work the same. Phi Silica APIs are _technically_ GA.

Looks like we're taking ownership of the `VARIANT` in the COM wrapper impl., which ultimately results in a `VariantClear` of a `VARIANT` we don't own. Hmm, standby.

To unblock you for now, you could add this patch to your `Cargo.toml`. (Please don't push any crates with this in place.) ```toml [patch.crates-io] windows = { git = 'https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs',...