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Change Installation Location for WPF Windows Application Packaging Project
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Raja Shanmugam
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We have uploaded our WPF app to windows store using Windows Application Packaging project.
Is it possible to change the Installation location of the app from "Windows Apps" folder to any other location?
Settings → Apps & Features -> Move button
Is the above option to move the location still available?
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Raja Shanmugam 21 Reputation points
2024-05-10T10:13:31.71+00:00 Thanks for your response.
"The ability to move installed apps is still available, but it’s up to the app developers to enable this feature for their apps."
How do we enable this option?
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Hongrui Yu-MSFT 420 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor2024-05-13T11:15:34.22+00:00 Hi,@Raja Shanmugam. Welcome to Microsoft Q&A.
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Windows controls the installation and management of apps in the "Windows Apps" folder to ensure system stability and security. Users generally do not have the ability to change this default installation location for apps obtained from the Microsoft Store or packaged using Windows Application Packaging projects.
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Suggestion1: Setup project
Using Visual Studio, you can create a Setup project to make an installer. In this project, you can change the default installation location.
a. Select the Setup project. b. Click View -> Editor -> File System -> Application Folder -> Properties. c. In the property bar, find DefaultLocation, which is the default installation path. You can modify it directly, e.g. to C:Program Files[ProductName] or whatever else you want. d. Press Ctrl + S to save the changes after the modifications. e. Recompile the Setup project.Suggestion2: Self-made installation package
a. Package the compiled file into a zip compressed file b. The zip is then embedded as a resource into the installer c. Use the SharpZipLib(NuGet) to extract the zip file into the appropriate directory during installation d. Create the corresponding shortcut to start the main programSuggestion3:
If the application is not large, there is no need to change the installation location. Data that can be stored (such as logs) can be stored in %AppData%
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