msix-nsis

A mixed demo for wrapping the msix to NSIS(Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) setup program.

It make you can pack your .msixbundle and .cer files to a single setup program.

Format appx/appxbundle/msix/msixbundle are supported.

Features

• Support auto install your certificate file using certmgr.

• Support powerful NSIS script for expanding other functions.

Usages

1. Solution File msix/App.sln is a WPF desktop program demo.

   To publish the msix\App.Packaging\App.Packaging.wapproj project and then get a testing msix package.

2. Copy the output .msixbundle and .cer files like msix_build.bat.

   If publish output a .msix extension or other msix-like file, change the nsis/setup.nsi file for supporting.

3. Build the NSIS setup like nsis_build.bat.

Components

This demo including following components.

# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/tools/certmgr-exe-certificate-manager-tool
certmgr

# https://nsis.sourceforge.io
nsis

# https://github.com/emako/msixexec
msixexec

FAQs

1. Unrecommended to replace the NSIS version in this demo.
2. UAC permission is required because certificate file should be auto installed.