Debugging an MSIX is not such an easy task. The execution is happening in a container so it’s not that easy to find out why an application is crashing. There are many tools out there which can help you debug MSIX apps like Hover, MSIX Commander, Process Monitor, etc. With […]
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Unlike MSI, MSIX does not offer a solution when it comes to custom actions. You don’t even have sequences where you can place the custom actions in an MSIX. However, to help IT Pros, Microsoft does offer a way to trigger a PowerShell script during the launch or closure of […]
Although not very popular, it’s not uncommon for applications to have shortcuts which pass arguments to the executable. One popular example would be VLC Media Player. When you install VLC Media Player you get 3 shortcuts: The standard VLC Media Player shortcut (which points to VLC.exe) The VLC Media Player […]
MSIX is the latest packaging technology introduced by Microsoft in 2018. This article does not focus on the basics of MSIX. To find out what MSIX is, i recommend having a look over this 24 chapter introduction guide. Also, in this tutorial, we make use of PSF (Package Support Framework). […]