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Hi I'm trying to combine WinUI 3 and Win32 desktop application (C++) I followed this document for how to make unpackaged application I added <WindowsPackageType>None</WindowsPackageType> to C:\...\source\repos\App1\App1\App1\App1.vcxproj and <AppxPackage>false</AppxPackage> was already there I successfully build the project but when I try to open the generated EXE file which is located at C:\...\source\repos\App1\x64\Release\App1\App1.exe nothing happens and nothing shows up but when I use CTRL + F5 to run the application it works.
I'm using Windows 11 with Visual Studio 2022, but I've installed Visual Studio 2019 build tools and I want to make an EXE file that contains WinUI 3 for UI and Win32 functions for backend.
Edit: Here is my C:\...\source\repos\App1\App1\App1\App1.vcxproj:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project ToolsVersion="15.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.props')" /> <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.props')" /> <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.props')" /> <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props')" /> <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.210211.2\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.210211.2\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" /> <PropertyGroup Label="Globals"> <WindowsPackageType>None</WindowsPackageType> <CppWinRTOptimized>true</CppWinRTOptimized> <CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>true</CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge> <MinimalCoreWin>true</MinimalCoreWin> <ProjectGuid>{07a628d8-2a7c-4c5e-97e1-381269bc2da8}</ProjectGuid> <ProjectName>App1</ProjectName> <RootNamespace>App1</RootNamespace> <!-- $(TargetName) should be same as $(RootNamespace) so that the produced binaries (.exe/.pri/etc.) have a name that matches the .winmd --> <TargetName>$(RootNamespace)</TargetName> <DefaultLanguage>en-US</DefaultLanguage> <MinimumVisualStudioVersion>16.0</MinimumVisualStudioVersion> <AppContainerApplication>false</AppContainerApplication> <AppxPackage>false</AppxPackage> <ApplicationType>Windows Store</ApplicationType> <ApplicationTypeRevision>10.0</ApplicationTypeRevision> <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion> <WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.17763.0</WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion> <UseWinUI>true</UseWinUI> </PropertyGroup> <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" /> <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations"> <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32"> <Configuration>Debug</Configuration> <Platform>Win32</Platform> </ProjectConfiguration> <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64"> <Configuration>Debug</Configuration> <Platform>x64</Platform> </ProjectConfiguration> <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|arm64"> <Configuration>Debug</Configuration> <Platform>arm64</Platform> </ProjectConfiguration> <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32"> <Configuration>Release</Configuration> <Platform>Win32</Platform> </ProjectConfiguration> <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64"> <Configuration>Release</Configuration> <Platform>x64</Platform> </ProjectConfiguration> <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|arm64"> <Configuration>Release</Configuration> <Platform>arm64</Platform> </ProjectConfiguration> </ItemGroup> <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration"> <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType> <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset> <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet> <DesktopCompatible>true</DesktopCompatible> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration"> <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries> <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration"> <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries> <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization> <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental> </PropertyGroup> <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" /> <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings"> </ImportGroup> <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets"> <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" /> </ImportGroup> <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" /> <ItemDefinitionGroup> <ClCompile> <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader> <PrecompiledHeaderFile>pch.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile> <PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>$(IntDir)pch.pch</PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile> <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel> <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /bigobj</AdditionalOptions> </ClCompile> </ItemDefinitionGroup> <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'"> <ClCompile> <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions> </ClCompile> </ItemDefinitionGroup> <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'"> <ClCompile> <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions> </ClCompile> <Link> <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding> <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences> </Link> </ItemDefinitionGroup> <ItemGroup> <Manifest Include="app.manifest" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <ClInclude Include="pch.h" /> <ClInclude Include="App.xaml.h"> <DependentUpon>App.xaml</DependentUpon> </ClInclude> <ClInclude Include="MainWindow.xaml.h"> <DependentUpon>MainWindow.xaml</DependentUpon> </ClInclude> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <ApplicationDefinition Include="App.xaml" /> <Page Include="MainWindow.xaml" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <ClCompile Include="pch.cpp"> <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader> </ClCompile> <ClCompile Include="App.xaml.cpp"> <DependentUpon>App.xaml</DependentUpon> </ClCompile> <ClCompile Include="MainWindow.xaml.cpp"> <DependentUpon>MainWindow.xaml</DependentUpon> </ClCompile> <ClCompile Include="$(GeneratedFilesDir)module.g.cpp" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Midl Include="App.idl"> <SubType>Code</SubType> <DependentUpon>App.xaml</DependentUpon> </Midl> <Midl Include="MainWindow.idl"> <SubType>Code</SubType> <DependentUpon>MainWindow.xaml</DependentUpon> </Midl> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Text Include="readme.txt"> <DeploymentContent>false</DeploymentContent> </Text> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <None Include="packages.config" /> </ItemGroup> <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" /> <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets"> <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.210211.2\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.210211.2\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" /> <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.targets')" /> <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.targets')" /> <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.targets')" /> </ImportGroup> <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild"> <PropertyGroup> <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText> </PropertyGroup> <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.210211.2\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.210211.2\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" /> <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.210211.2\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.210211.2\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" /> <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props'))" /> <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.props'))" /> <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation.targets'))" /> <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.props'))" /> <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI.targets'))" /> <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.props'))" /> <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.1.0.0-experimental1\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences.targets'))" /> </Target> </Project>
I see that you use experimental1 version, which is an old version
You must use the last "1.0 Stable" version
Runtime : WindowsAppRuntimeInstall.exe from Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Redist.1.0.0.zip ( from Downloads for the Windows App SDK)
NuGet package : 1.0.0 :
I got some errors after updating when I want to compile
Warnings:
3 of this warning for App1 (Package) and 5 for App1:
Warning MSB4011 "C:\...\.nuget\packages\microsoft.windowsappsdk.winui\1.0.0-experimental1\buildTransitive\Microsoft.WinUI.References.targets" cannot be imported again. It was already imported at "C:\...\.nuget\packages\microsoft.windowsappsdk.winui\1.0.0-experimental1\buildTransitive\Microsoft.WinUI.targets (76,3)". This is most likely a build authoring error. This subsequent import will be ignored. [C:\...\source\repos\App1\App1\App1 (Package)\App1 (Package).wapproj] App1 (Package)
Errors:
MIDL9008 internal compiler problem - See documentation for suggestions on how to find a workaround.\midl
Specified EntryPointExe 'App1.exe' was not found in the project outputs.
Also, I realize I have two projects in default template I checked my extensions are all updated too.
now after updating everything I get so many cannot open source file too
App1 (Package)
But there is no more package... in an unpackaged app
And there is still experimental1 in your message
Your project seems broken (why soo many \App1\App1...) , you should start another one from the WinUI 3 template
I have thoses files in my test project :
with the sources in E:\Sources\WindowsAppSDK_Unpackaged
and the executable in E:\Sources\WindowsAppSDK_Unpackaged\Release\WindowsAppSDK_Unpackaged
My default template has 2 project, can I delete one of them maybe it works?
Ok I found what was wrong I installed .vsix from Microsoft site and not from extension manager, and now it works