How can I bundle both msi and msix installers?

Tam Bui 11 Reputation points
2022-07-01T18:05:00.587+00:00

I have both a setup.msi installer and another setup.msix installer, because the msi requires manipulation of HKLM registry keys, and the msix package is our desktop bridge application (msix cannot edit HKLM registry keys).

My question is, what is the recommended way to create a single installer for both of these, and launch each for a sequential installation?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Best regards.

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  1. Nico Zhu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 12,856 Reputation points
    2022-07-04T01:27:36.307+00:00

    Hello,
    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

    My question is, what is the recommended way to create a single installer for both of these, and launch each for a sequential installation?

    In my opinion, there is no way to approach, the packaged msix can't implement above behaviors at same time, and this case is more related with MSIX, So we suggest you post the thread in MSIX forum, the MSIX team is actively answering questions there.

    Thank you.

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  2. Limitless Technology 39,391 Reputation points
    2022-07-05T07:49:09.143+00:00

    Hi there,

    By bundling the multiple architecture versions of your installer into one entity, only the bundle needs to be uploaded to the Store or another distribution location. The Windows deployment platform is aware of the .msixbundle package type and will only download the files that are applicable to your device's architecture.

    This article describes the process of creating a bundle after converting x86 and x64 versions of your Windows installers using the MSIX Packaging Tool. Bundle MSIX packages

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/packaging-tool/bundle-msix-packages
    Hope this resolves your Query !!

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  3. Tam Bui 11 Reputation points
    2022-07-08T00:29:49.033+00:00

    There is no solution to this at the moment. For security reasons, HKLM cannot be written to within an MSIX package. So both the MSI installer and the MSIX installer will have to be separate entities.

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