Install to Program Files Warning doesn't seem to make sense on Windows App Certification Kit WACK

Ross C 0 Reputation points
2023-03-30T02:46:10.5133333+00:00

While preparing my application (MSI file) for the store, I have only two warnings from the WACK. The Install to Program Files warning is still confusing me. It displays the following:

"Program [Application Name] fails due to install location C:\Users\Ross\downloads"

and sometimes the location in the above message changes to the release folder in which the msi file was originally created by Visual Studio 2017 - or the release folder of the previous revision of the Visual Studio project (???)

Lately, the message is consistently displaying "C:\Users\Ross\downloads" - but the application installs to Program Files(x86) -> then sub-folder. This is where it is set to install in VS (the Application Folder properties confirms this). The application does not install anything or write anything to the downloads folder.

The other warning is that the msi file does not have a signature (I think this is OK for the Windows Store)

Is this strange warning common? Should I ignore both these warnings or will the App be rejected from the Windows Store for this? Any advice is greatly appreciated

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  1. Roy Li - MSFT 31,826 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-03-30T09:07:47.59+00:00

    Hello,

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

    If it is a local WACK test, you could ignore the result. If you want to publish the app to the store, there will be an online WACK test when you upload the package to the submission. The store will only check the online WACK result. That's why the local WACK is optional.

    Thank you.

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