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Uninstalling optional package also uninstalls main app
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Bruno Lima
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I'm testing the usage of the optional package using this UWP sample.
With this sample I just deploy the main app and it's optional package.
In the Windows "Settings/Apps/Installed apps" I see the optional package and I uninstall it, and the uninstall occurs normally without interfering with the main app.
But I need to prevent the main app and the optional package from showing up in the Start menu, so I just did what is suggested in this post, that is:
in both manifest, go to the VisualElements element and add the attribute AppListEntry="none".
After that, it started to occurs a problem, if I uninstall the optional package, the main app is uninstalled too.
The configuration in the main app's manifest causes this problem, the optional package's manifest configuration is indifferent.
Does anyone know how to prevent this issue from happening? Could this be a bug?
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Junjie Zhu - MSFT 17,636 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor2024-09-12T07:48:01.0433333+00:00 Hi @Bruno Lima ，
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!
I used that sample and test on Win11, and I couldn't find optional package in the Start menu, I could only see it in Apps>Installed apps>AtomicSuite-App add-ons & downloadable content.
Could you please share your detailed steps and screenshots to help us further check the problem for you?
Thank you.
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Roy Li - MSFT 33,091 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor2024-09-25T05:43:37.7033333+00:00 Haven't heard from you for a while. Any updates about this？
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Bruno Lima 1 Reputation point
2024-09-27T18:44:28.4666667+00:00 Today I have tested again and now the behavior it's like yours, I couldn't find optional package in the Start menu. Maybe some update in my environment caused it (Win 11 23H2 22631.4037). Anyway, if I hide the main app (AtomicSuite) from Start menu using the AppListEntry="none", the issue with the uninstallation occurs, can you reproduce this issue?
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