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The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support, shipped via NuGet.
https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/apps/windows-app-sdk/
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Cryptic errors when WindowsPackageType is set to none. #2671

Open dhoehna opened 2 years ago

dhoehna commented 2 years ago

Describe the bug

In Using the bootsrapper in a non-MSIX package the recommendation is to set WindowsPackageType to none.

VS throws two cryptic errors

  1. "Visual C++ 2015-2019 Runtime for Universal Windows Platform Apps v14.0" which targets platform "UAP"
  2. Project "AppLifeCycleTest" targets platform "Windows", but references SDK "Visual C++ 2015-2019 UWP Desktop Runtime for native apps v14.0" which targets platform "UAP"

The solution to remove these errors is to Include <WinUISDKReferences>false</WinUISDKReferences> in the .*proj file.

Steps to reproduce the bug

  1. Make a non-MSIX project that uses Windows App SDK.
  2. Add <WindowsPackageType>None</WindowsPackageType> to the project file.

Expected behavior

No errors.

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Windows version

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IDE

Visual Studio 2022

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dhoehna commented 2 years ago

IDE: VS 2022 Enterprise Project: C++ Console application.

I didn't test this with a C# application, or different versions of Visual Studio.