Is there a way to run the exe on a Windows desktop without doing the installer and deployment steps? I noticed everything needed ends up in the AppX folder under bin\debug\win10-x64 but because of the App Store integration it seems like it can only be launched via the start menu shortcut. Is there a way to manually create the shortcut? I'm in a dev/qa environment where we share & pass utilities around and it's kind of a pain to run an installer every time.
I'm down for making a simple reg script, if that's what it takes.
It looks like a reference is added in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Deployment\Package\*
And the details appear to be setup here:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\StateRepository\Cache\Application\Data\
CodePudding user response：
You can create an executable application from an exe using the following method, but since it is only a backdoor method, it may cause some problems.
Operation1
Add a WindowsPackageType tag that holds None in the PropertyGroup tag in the csproj file.
<PropertyGroup>
~omission~
<WindowsPackageType>None</WindowsPackageType>
</PropertyGroup>
Operation2
Modify the launchSettings.json file in the Properties folder in the project as follows
{
"profiles": {
"Windows Machine": {
"commandName": "Project", ←Rewrite from MsixPackage to Project
"nativeDebugging": false
}
}
}