Add the Desktop Client to the Windows 10 Store

[TheBlueFire94]

Please add your Desktop Agent to the windows 10 store.

[jryans]

The Windows Store policies on Electron-based apps seem at the very least unclear... if it is acceptable, it's a large hassle that doesn't seem worth it at the moment.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop/issues/651#issue-1673178591

@TheBlueFire94, this may be a duplicate of https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/issues/23878#issue-1469723191.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop/issues/651#issuecomment-1513193099

@jryans, almost all of those policies have been reversed: .exe, .MSI, .APPX, and .MSIX all coexist now, although know that MSIX certainly remains ideal.

[t3chguy]

This would need to go via legal to accomodate https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption

[LoneFenris]

Element is now a PWA, is it not? Why not just package the PWA for it? Or is the PWA still limited?

[t3chguy]

The PWA doesn't support Seshat or keytar, the electron app has those. Seshat enables search of encrypted rooms.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop/issues/651#issue-1673178591

@TheBlueFire94, this is close to completion per https://winstall.app/apps/Element.Element and https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues/38444#issue-1085366894.

[lectrician1]

@RokeJulianLockhart could you rename the issue please to Microsoft Store?

[RokeJulianLockhart]

https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop/issues/651#issuecomment-1951468847

@lectrician1, I can't rename https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop/issues/651#issue-1673178591, because it's owned by @TheBlueFire94, and I've not repository management permissions. It should be renamed, though.