You can use one of the methods from Windows App SDK deployment overview
Package Win UI 3 application
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Beethoven
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Hello!
I believe it's very hard to understand how to package/publish my newly created Win UI 3 application. There is little to no documentation for this, I only find UWP and other frameworks mainly. However, what I want to achieve is to move the application to another computer without needing Visual Studio to run the application, instead use it as an .exe file or similar. What would be the simplest way of doing this? Help is greatly appreciated!
I read about MSIX, but did not quite catch it, and I tried ClickOnce and folder publishing. None worked.
Thank you
Windows development | Windows App SDK
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Castorix31
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Beethoven 41 Reputation points
2022-08-09T13:47:55.747+00:00 Which exact method would you recommend for my use case? I plan on moving the application to another computer and now and then push new versions and move them to the other computer as well. I can imagine this is solved by the "easiest" method without any complexity for special use cases.
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Castorix31 91,876 Reputation points
2022-08-10T06:50:12.61+00:00
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xiaopo yang 1 Reputation point2022-08-10T02:29:40.39+00:00 Windows App SDK deployment guide for framework-dependent MSIX-packaged apps is applicable for your condition. Deployment computer must have these Prerequisites and The Windows App SDK runtime and Framework package are installed automatically by apps using MSIX-packaging But For MSIX-packaged apps not distributed through the Store, the developer is responsible for distributing the Framework package.
And for auto update, MSIX deployment is supporting.