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The external location tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussion of Microsoft's External Location capability for sparse MSIX packages on Windows 10 and 11. The tagged content explains how a sparse package works: a small signed MSIX carries a manifest and a few support files while External Location tells Windows where to find the actual payload. The thread focuses on developers who ship Win32 software with their own installer and want Windows features that require package identity, and it also examines why some sparse-package builds fail in confusing ways. This is a narrow developer and packaging topic rather than general Windows troubleshooting.
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    How to Create and Register a Sparse MSIX Package with External Location on Windows 10 and 11

    A sparse package is a small signed MSIX that carries a manifest and a few support files, and almost none of the app. Microsoft's Inside MSIX blog has just made the case that the package isn't the important part. In a post by Principal Software Engineer Howard Kapustein, the key capability is...