Init Command

Helps you setup your application to publish to the Microsoft Store.

Description

The init command helps you setup your application to publish to the Microsoft Store. It currently supports the following application types:

• Windows App SDK/WinUI 3
• UWP
• .NET MAUI
• Flutter
• Electron
• React Native for Windows
• PWA

Usage Examples

Windows App SDK/WinUI 3

msstore init "C:\path\to\winui3_app"

UWP

msstore init "C:\path\to\uwp_app"

.NET MAUI

msstore init "C:\path\to\maui_app"

Flutter

msstore init "C:\path\to\flutter_app"

Electron

msstore init "C:\path\to\electron_app"

React Native for Windows

msstore init "C:\path\to\react_native_app"

Note

For Electron, as well as React Native for Windows projects, both Npm and Yarn are supported. The presence of the Yarn lock file (yarn.lock) will be used to determine which package manager to use, so make sure that you check in your lock file into your source control system.

PWA

msstore init https://contoso.com --output .

Arguments

Argument	Description
pathOrUrl	The root directory path where the project file is, or a public URL that points to a PWA.

Options

Option	Description
-n, --publisherDisplayName	The Publisher Display Name used to configure the application. If provided, avoids an extra APIs call.
--package	If supported by the app type, automatically packs the project.
--publish	If supported by the app type, automatically publishes the project. Implies '--package true'
-a, --arch	The architecture(s) to build for. If not provided, the default architecture for the current OS, and project type, will be used. Allowed values: "x86", "x64", "arm64". Only used it used in conjunction with '--package true'.
-o, --output	The output directory where the packaged app will be stored. If not provided, the default directory for each different type of app will be used.
-ver, --version	The version used when building the app. If not provided, the version from the project file will be used.