Publish windows installer on microsoft store

[jamesmarkchan]

We want to publish the windows installer on the Microsoft store as a distribution channel. Can sell for 10, 5 or free which ever is more appropriate.

anticipated steps:

1. sign up for windows developer account
   • https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-store/register
2. verify or configure for silent install / uninstall
3. upload publish candidate 0.6.0?

potential silent install steps:

msiexec /i "jdiskmark-0.6.0.msi" /qn /norestart /log "C:\Path\To\Install.log"
msiexec /x "jdiskmark-0.6.0.msi" /qn /norestart
msiexec /x {YOUR-PRODUCT-CODE} /qn /norestart

good to identify the product code.

notes:

• https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/dashboard
• https://github.com/jDiskMark/jdm-java/wiki/0.6.0-Privacy-Policy

[jamesmarkchan]

our current installer triggers this code:

msiexec /i ".\jdiskmark-0.6.0.msi" /qb /norestart

update: my issue was trying to use powershell, worked fine with command prompt

[jamesmarkchan]

in powershell tried:

msiexec --% /i ".\jdiskmark-0.6.0.msi" /qn /norestart ALLUSERS=1 TARGETDIR="C:\Program Files\jdiskmark-0.6.0" /L*v "d:\jdm-install.log"

and wo the target dir:

msiexec /i ".\jdiskmark-0.6.0.msi" /qn /norestart ALLUSERS=1 /L*v "d:\jdm-install.log"

and wo ALLUSERS=1

msiexec /i ".\jdiskmark-0.6.0.msi" /qn /norestart /L*v "d:\jdm-install.log"

they all generate this output: jdm-install.log

[jamesmarkchan]

per Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Select-Object Name,IdentifyingNumber
the current product codes are:

jdiskmark-0.6.0 {113DE514-E3E9-3E13-8E2C-F3EC3E55AF98}
jDiskMark-0.5.1 {C24026B4-F871-31E0-917A-E6CD0928E280}

a better way to get product codes:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object { $_.Name -like "jdiskmark*" } | Format-Table IdentifyingNumber, Name, LocalPackage -AutoSize

[jamesmarkchan]

verified install by dos prompt

msiexec /i jdiskmark-0.6.0.msi /qn /norestart

msiexec /i jdiskmark-0.6.0.msi /qn /norestart /L*vx "c:\jdm-install-0.6.0.log"

verified uninstall dos prompt

msiexec /i jdiskmark-0.6.0.msi /qn /norestart

msiexec /i jdiskmark-0.6.0.msi /qn /norestart /L*vx "c:\jdm-uninstall-0.6.0.log"

successfully uninstalls w a powershell prompt: msiexec --% /x {113DE514-E3E9-3E13-8E2C-F3EC3E55AF98} /qn /norestart /L*vx "d:\jdm-uninstall-0.6.0.log"

[jamesmarkchan]

okay we have our submission in w the partner center id of 5723d0cb-8178-4f1c-b99f-474798ff792c

I should be able to follow up at https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/dashboard

@jslcom @tylermlui

[jamesmarkchan]

not sure what they are referring to by the below:

Because the product accesses personal information, a working link to a privacy policy must be provided. Include the privacy policy URL during app submission under the Properties section in the “Privacy Policy URL” field.
 
For more information about updating the privacy policy URL see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/publish/publish-your-app/msix/support-info#privacy-policy

Personal information the product accesses includes:
Desktop Bridge or Win32 product

@jslcom @JasmineRRod @eSteemRoller maybe we can get a link to a privacy policy put up on our site somewhere in case they are referring to the fact that we record the processor spec as part of the benchmark?

[jamesmarkchan]

Drafted this privacy policy:

https://github.com/jDiskMark/jdm-java/wiki/0.6.0-Privacy-Policy

[jamesmarkchan]

they are not accepting the under construction website:

this: https://jdiskmark.net/

renders as

I'll try a submission with the wiki url:

https://github.com/jDiskMark/jdm-java/wiki

@jslcom @JasmineRRod

[jamesmarkchan]

with help from @jslcom we got our ec2 instance configured with nginx and certbot and I've uploaded the msi into /var/www/html/releases

probably a temporary location as we can save bw if they download from sourceforge or github.

but this is the link we can now use for submission
https://www.jdiskmark.net/releases/jdiskmark-0.6.0.msi

looks like we've passed validation w recommendations

fyi @JasmineRRod @eSteemRoller