MSIX Catalog

WPF application to inspect MSIX/APPX packages deployed in your machine.

The purpose of this app is to explore different "Desktop Modernization" technologies available to .NET developers: porting from .NET Framework to .NET Core 3, using Win10 APIs, and different deployment techniques.

Channels

	.NET Framework 4.7	.NET Core 3
Store Release
Sideload from WebApp

Sideload packages are signed with a developer certificate

Install X509Online CLI Client (aka ccc) with dotnet tool install -g dotnet-ccc (requires .NET Core 2.1 SDK)

Sideloaded packages are signed with a different certificates for AppCenter and WebApps, to install these certs you must trust the signer by running the next command from an elevated command prompt:

• ccc trust -u ridomin -t 728511CC02E6A80B45ABC0CC862FEF1BFD9617D7

The ccc trust command adds the certificate to your LocalMachine\TrustedPeople certificate store

The certificate is also available as gists:

• RidoTheDev

.NET Flavors

The source code is shared between .NET Framework and .NET Core using different project files in the same folder.

Build Requirements

• .NET Framework 4.6.1
• .NET Core 3.0 Preview (latest)
• Visual Studio 2019 Preview (with Desktop and UWP workloads)
• Windows SDK 1803 (17134 or greater)

Experimental

In addition to MSIX packages, you can get the tool using one of th next alternative installation options:

• MSIX Catalog from NuGet as global tool dotnet tool install -g dotnet-msix-catalog
• MSIX CLickOnce
• Classic MSI

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