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"Use of the Store app or the MSIX package is recommended." There's a big ole green download link on there for the MSIX lol.
by ozlikethewizard 6mo ago
"Use of the Store app or the MSIX package is recommended."
There's a big ole green download link on there for the MSIX lol.
- adithyassekhar 6mo agoMSIX is what ships on the store. And some devs just use it as an installer as well. By the way aren’t MSIX installed apps sandboxed?
- ozlikethewizard 6mo agoNot a windows user so knowledge is a bit fuzzy, but I remember the one of the advantages of MSIX being that the actual installers have less system access, but not sure if the applications once installed are any different.
- jordand 6mo agoYeah with MSIX, the security is better for end users, but the trade off is there's a lot less flexibility for developers (limits on custom installs, accessing registry, Custom Actions, etc.) This works out fine for most desktop apps, and MSI is still used and supported.
- electroly 6mo agoThey don't have to be. I have a traditional non-sandboxed app with an MSIX installer. It's less flexible than MSI but it doesn't mandate a sandbox for the installed application.