About this tag
The windows msix tag on WindowsForum.com covers Microsoft's MSIX packaging format as it applies to Windows 10 and Windows 11, with a focus on sparse packages and the External Location capability. The tagged discussion explains how a sparse MSIX carries a manifest and a few support files rather than the full application payload, and how External Location tells Windows where to find that payload. This matters for developers who ship Win32 software with their own installer but still want Windows features that require package identity. It also helps explain why some sparse-package builds fail in confusing ways, making the tag useful for anyone creating or registering MSIX packages.
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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...