WinUI3 : How to fix WinRT originate error - 0x80040154 : 'Class not registered'.

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WinUI3 : How to fix WinRT originate error - 0x80040154 : 'Class not registered'.

Harshithraj1871 1,706

Hi, I am working on WinUI3 desktop application in cpp without any xaml files and with cmake. I and getting this error immediately when i start the event loop.

Exception thrown at 0x00007FFF9E12051C (KernelBase.dll) in TWTallySCPNative.exe: WinRT originate error - 0x80040154 : 'Class not registered'. 'TWTallySCPNative.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\bcrypt.dll'. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFF9E12051C in TWTallySCPNative.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: winrt::hresult_class_not_registered at memory location 0x000000AB9B90F740.

I tried adding breakpoints and noticed this was the point(in base.h) where the error was triggered
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I checked online and found that this issue is somehow related to the environment setup. These are my properties User's image

And my code flow goes something like this

int CALLBACK
WinMain([[maybe_unused]] HINSTANCE pInstance, [[maybe_unused]] HINSTANCE pPrevInstance, [[maybe_unused]] LPSTR pCmdLine, [[maybe_unused]] int pShowCmd) {

...
..

CallInitApartment(); // which is in different library linked statically

...

StartEventLoop();  // which is in different library linked statically

...

}

void CallInitApartment(){

     winrt::init_apartment (winrt::apartment_type::single_threaded);
}

void StartEventLoop () {

    Application::Start ([] (auto &&) {
        // Create a new instance of the App class
    
        make<TWWinUI3App> ();  // TWWinUI3App is defined and the execution did not reach TWWinUI3App constructor or Onlaunched 
    });
}

It would be of grate help if you could help me with this issue. Thank you.

Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 12,731 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-04-11T06:03:18.1666667+00:00

Do you want to Use the Windows App SDK in an existing project? You can check these win32 packaged or unpackaged and console unpackaged samples. Or do you want to Modify a Windows Desktop application project to add C++/WinRT support? If not, could you please show a minimal, reproducible sample without private information?
Harshithraj1871 1,706 Reputation points

2023-04-12T08:27:21.73+00:00
Thank you @Xiaopo Yang - MSFT , I was trying to add Winrt support for the existing project with cmake, I found this link , where he showed how we can use winui3 with cmake, i found the cause of my issue, that is , i had to use self-contained mode for the executable target. When i set

VS_GLOBAL_WindowsAppSDKSelfContained true

for my executable target with cmake the issue was resolved. But it carried the Windows App SDK dependencies with it so it filled up my debug directory with Windows App SDK dependencies. Now my build folder looks like this

What can i do to remove all this dependencies from my debug folder so that my debug folder only contains the exe?
Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 12,731 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-04-12T08:37:09.0933333+00:00

It's self-contained deployment. See Windows App SDK deployment guide for self-contained apps for more information. Your requirement meets the framework-dependence deployment.
Harshithraj1871 1,706 Reputation points

2023-04-12T08:48:52.67+00:00
@Xiaopo Yang - MSFT , Yea, framework-dependence deployment with the built-in MSVC is would be better, but not able figure out how to do it with cmake, can you provide some links where we can use framework-dependence deployment with the built-in MSVC with cmake. If i set

VS_GLOBAL_WindowsAppSDKSelfContained false

and use framework-dependence deployment My build will break with the issue i initially posted.
Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 12,731 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-04-12T09:03:07.8166667+00:00

How do you create your project and use CMAKE? Try to link to WindowsApp.lib or Hybrid C/C++ runtime library linkage (less possibility)? Could you please show a minimal, reproducible sample without private information?

Harshithraj1871 1,706

I has an existing cmake project to which i added winrt support through cmake like this

#Patch up the generated vcxproj
configure_file(
  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Directory.Build.props"
  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Directory.Build.props"
  COPYONLY
)
 configure_file(
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Directory.Build.targets"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Directory.Build.targets"
   COPYONLY
 )

add_library(
  DemoApp
  STATIC
  dummy.cpp
  TWWinUI3App.hpp
  TwWinUI3Includes.hpp
  TWWinUI3App.cpp
)

set_property(
  TARGET DemoApp
  PROPERTY VS_PACKAGE_REFERENCES
  "Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT_2.0.220608.4"
  "Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK_1.1.1"
  "Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools_10.0.22621.1"
  "Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary_1.0.220201.1"
)
target_include_directories(
  DemoApp
  PRIVATE
  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
)
set_target_properties(
  DemoApp   
  PROPERTIES

  CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF
  # ----- C++/WinRT, Windows App SDK, and WinUI stuff starts here -----
  VS_GLOBAL_RootNamespace DemoApp
  VS_GLOBAL_AppContainerApplication false
  VS_GLOBAL_AppxPackage false
  VS_GLOBAL_CppWinRTOptimized true
  VS_GLOBAL_UseWinUI true
  VS_GLOBAL_ApplicationType "Windows Store"
  VS_GLOBAL_EnablePreviewMsixTooling false
)

add_executable(
  DemoAppTarget
  WIN32 
  dummy.cpp
 "TWWinUI3App.cpp")

set_property(
  SOURCE App.xaml
  PROPERTY VS_XAML_TYPE
  "ApplicationDefinition"
)
set_property(
  TARGET DemoAppTarget
  PROPERTY VS_PACKAGE_REFERENCES
  "Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT_2.0.220608.4"
  "Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK_1.1.1"
  "Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools_10.0.22621.1"
  "Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary_1.0.220201.1"
)
 target_include_directories(
   DemoAppTarget
   PRIVATE
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
 )


set_target_properties(
  DemoAppTarget
  PROPERTIES

  VS_GLOBAL_RootNamespace DemoAppTarget
  VS_GLOBAL_AppContainerApplication false
  VS_GLOBAL_MinimalCoreWin true
  VS_GLOBAL_AppContainerApplication false
  VS_GLOBAL_ProjectGuid {c0b7a68c-b8b2-47ba-9065-9ec89cd653d2}
  VS_GLOBAL_CppWinRTOptimized true
  VS_GLOBAL_CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge true
  VS_GLOBAL_UseWinUI true
  VS_GLOBAL_ApplicationType "Windows Store"
  VS_GLOBAL_EnablePreviewMsixTooling false
  VS_GLOBAL_WindowsAppSDKSelfContained true
  VS_GLOBAL_WindowsTargetPlatformVersion 10.0
  VS_GLOBAL_WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion 10.0.17763.0
  VS_GLOBAL_ApplicationTypeRevision 10.0
  VS_GLOBAL_MinimumVisualStudioVersion 16.0

)

target_link_libraries(DemoAppTarget PRIVATE DemoApp)

And i dont have use a precompiled header file, i keep all my included in TWWinUiIncludes.h, i tried adding

#pragma comment(lib, "windowsapp")

but its did not work, i still have the same error

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Harshithraj1871 1,706 Reputation points

2023-04-12T09:30:10.45+00:00

Iam sharing a zip file though google drive, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mRGVvAdG8qUXPaBK_O5pPHvO5WF3zFX8/view?usp=share_link Entry point is in dummy.cpp, this project has some unwanted files as i was trying things
Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 12,731 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-04-13T01:28:05.17+00:00

It seems the GitHub repository can make a Packaged WinUI 3 desktop app. You can try to change it to Unpackaged WinUI 3 desktop app according to Unpackaged: Create a new project for an unpackaged C# or C++ WinUI 3 desktop app.
Harshithraj1871 1,706 Reputation points

2023-04-13T06:22:23.9+00:00
, thank you i tried using

VS_GLOBAL_WindowsPackageType None VS_GLOBAL_AppxPackage false

For unpackaged mode, but I'm getting this error saying that there is a mismatch between the target platform specified by the project and the platform targeted by the Microsoft Universal CRT Debug Runtime SDK that is being referenced

How to fic this issue
Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 12,731 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-04-13T06:36:47.0533333+00:00

This is out of WindowsAppSDK scope. My last suggestion is comparing to Visual Studio Extension generated WinUI3 unpackaged project.
Harshithraj1871 1,706 Reputation points

2023-04-13T08:34:12.1666667+00:00

Thank you @Xiaopo Yang - MSFT He is telling to change our application type to "UAP" right? but we want our application to be of Windows type. As WinUI3 allows us to create app in desktop style and UWP style, we want to create our project in desktop style with win32 support. So setting out project type to "UAP" will make our project a "UWP" style app right? please correct if my understanding in wrong

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Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 12,731 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-04-11T06:03:18.1666667+00:00

Do you want to Use the Windows App SDK in an existing project? You can check these win32 packaged or unpackaged and console unpackaged samples. Or do you want to Modify a Windows Desktop application project to add C++/WinRT support? If not, could you please show a minimal, reproducible sample without private information?
Harshithraj1871 1,706 Reputation points

2023-04-12T08:27:21.73+00:00

Thank you @Xiaopo Yang - MSFT , I was trying to add Winrt support for the existing project with cmake, I found this link , where he showed how we can use winui3 with cmake, i found the cause of my issue, that is , i had to use self-contained mode for the executable target. When i set

VS_GLOBAL_WindowsAppSDKSelfContained true

for my executable target with cmake the issue was resolved. But it carried the Windows App SDK dependencies with it so it filled up my debug directory with Windows App SDK dependencies. Now my build folder looks like this

What can i do to remove all this dependencies from my debug folder so that my debug folder only contains the exe?
Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 12,731 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-04-12T08:37:09.0933333+00:00

It's self-contained deployment. See Windows App SDK deployment guide for self-contained apps for more information. Your requirement meets the framework-dependence deployment.
Harshithraj1871 1,706 Reputation points

2023-04-12T08:48:52.67+00:00

@Xiaopo Yang - MSFT , Yea, framework-dependence deployment with the built-in MSVC is would be better, but not able figure out how to do it with cmake, can you provide some links where we can use framework-dependence deployment with the built-in MSVC with cmake. If i set

VS_GLOBAL_WindowsAppSDKSelfContained false

and use framework-dependence deployment My build will break with the issue i initially posted.
Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 12,731 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-04-12T09:03:07.8166667+00:00

How do you create your project and use CMAKE? Try to link to WindowsApp.lib or Hybrid C/C++ runtime library linkage (less possibility)? Could you please show a minimal, reproducible sample without private information?
Deleted

This comment has been deleted due to a violation of our Code of Conduct. The comment was manually reported or identified through automated detection before action was taken. Please refer to our Code of Conduct for more information.
Harshithraj1871 1,706 Reputation points

2023-04-12T09:30:10.45+00:00

Iam sharing a zip file though google drive, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mRGVvAdG8qUXPaBK_O5pPHvO5WF3zFX8/view?usp=share_link Entry point is in dummy.cpp, this project has some unwanted files as i was trying things
Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 12,731 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-04-13T01:28:05.17+00:00

It seems the GitHub repository can make a Packaged WinUI 3 desktop app. You can try to change it to Unpackaged WinUI 3 desktop app according to Unpackaged: Create a new project for an unpackaged C# or C++ WinUI 3 desktop app.
Harshithraj1871 1,706 Reputation points

2023-04-13T06:22:23.9+00:00

, thank you i tried using

VS_GLOBAL_WindowsPackageType None VS_GLOBAL_AppxPackage false

For unpackaged mode, but I'm getting this error saying that there is a mismatch between the target platform specified by the project and the platform targeted by the Microsoft Universal CRT Debug Runtime SDK that is being referenced

How to fic this issue
Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 12,731 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-04-13T06:36:47.0533333+00:00

This is out of WindowsAppSDK scope. My last suggestion is comparing to Visual Studio Extension generated WinUI3 unpackaged project.
Harshithraj1871 1,706 Reputation points

2023-04-13T08:34:12.1666667+00:00

Thank you @Xiaopo Yang - MSFT He is telling to change our application type to "UAP" right? but we want our application to be of Windows type. As WinUI3 allows us to create app in desktop style and UWP style, we want to create our project in desktop style with win32 support. So setting out project type to "UAP" will make our project a "UWP" style app right? please correct if my understanding in wrong

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