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❔ Registering an extracted appx package

    public static void RegisterMinecraftAppxPackage(string appxPackagePath) {
      try {
        // Register if it is already extracted
        if (Directory.Exists(appxPackagePath)) {
          // Remove the current install
          DeregisterMinecraftPackage();
          // Invoke PowerShell to register the appx package
          var powerShellCommand = $"Add-AppxPackage -Path '{Path.Combine(appxPackagePath, "AppxManifest.xml")}' -DisableDevelopmentMode -ForceUpdateFromAnyVersion -Register";
          using (var process = new Process {
            // set the values needed
            StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo {
              FileName = "powershell.exe",
              Arguments = powerShellCommand,
              RedirectStandardOutput = true, // we want to be able to read the response message
              UseShellExecute = false, // dotnet core can handle it for us
              CreateNoWindow = true, // execute headlessley
            }
          }) {
            process.Start();
            string output = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
            process.WaitForExit();
            Debug.WriteLine(output);
          }
        } else if (Path.GetExtension(appxPackagePath).ToLower().Equals(".appx")) { // Extract then register
          string directoryName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(appxPackagePath);
          string extractPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(appxPackagePath), directoryName);
          Directory.CreateDirectory(extractPath);
          ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(appxPackagePath, extractPath);
          RegisterMinecraftAppxPackage(extractPath); // Recursively register the package
        }
      } catch (Exception e) {
        Debug.WriteLine(e.StackTrace);
      }
    }
    public static void RegisterMinecraftAppxPackage(string appxPackagePath) {
      try {
        // Register if it is already extracted
        if (Directory.Exists(appxPackagePath)) {
          // Remove the current install
          DeregisterMinecraftPackage();
          // Invoke PowerShell to register the appx package
          var powerShellCommand = $"Add-AppxPackage -Path '{Path.Combine(appxPackagePath, "AppxManifest.xml")}' -DisableDevelopmentMode -ForceUpdateFromAnyVersion -Register";
          using (var process = new Process {
            // set the values needed
            StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo {
              FileName = "powershell.exe",
              Arguments = powerShellCommand,
              RedirectStandardOutput = true, // we want to be able to read the response message
              UseShellExecute = false, // dotnet core can handle it for us
              CreateNoWindow = true, // execute headlessley
            }
          }) {
            process.Start();
            string output = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
            process.WaitForExit();
            Debug.WriteLine(output);
          }
        } else if (Path.GetExtension(appxPackagePath).ToLower().Equals(".appx")) { // Extract then register
          string directoryName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(appxPackagePath);
          string extractPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(appxPackagePath), directoryName);
          Directory.CreateDirectory(extractPath);
          ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(appxPackagePath, extractPath);
          RegisterMinecraftAppxPackage(extractPath); // Recursively register the package
        }
      } catch (Exception e) {
        Debug.WriteLine(e.StackTrace);
      }
    }
This code returns this error: 
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF9, Install failed. Please contact your software vendor. 
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073CF9)
Rejecting a request to register from AppxManifest.xml because the manifest is not in the package root.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] f38787bd-5ed2-0005-d132-c4f3d25ed901 in the Event Log or use 
the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID f38787bd-5ed2-0005-d132-c4f3d25ed901
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path 'C:\Users\camde\source\repos\SwimLauncher\SwimL ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (C:\Users\camde\...ppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
 
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF9, Install failed. Please contact your software vendor. 
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073CF9)
Rejecting a request to register from AppxManifest.xml because the manifest is not in the package root.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] f38787bd-5ed2-0005-d132-c4f3d25ed901 in the Event Log or use 
the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID f38787bd-5ed2-0005-d132-c4f3d25ed901
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path 'C:\Users\camde\source\repos\SwimLauncher\SwimL ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (C:\Users\camde\...ppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
I am not sure what this means by saying the manifest is not in the package root, as it indeed is as shown in the attached image. I verified the path is correct as well.
S
swim•415d ago
the issue might be that it wants this to be in the WindowsApps folder, while the goal of my program is to be able to have multiple versions installed of this app at custom locations
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Accord•414d ago
Was this issue resolved? If so, run /close - otherwise I will mark this as stale and this post will be archived until there is new activity.
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