Windows 10: How to Extract old UWP app to deploy on another PC (UWP Not in store)

I have an excellent UWP app that I use to control my Squeezeboxes (Soundicity) which is sadly no longer available in the windows store.

I`d like to deploy this app to another machine I have on my network.

Is it possible to extract the relevant files from one PC, in order to deploy Soundicity to another machine?

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Hi Andrew,

I had the same problem, but I found a solution, maybe it will help you as well.

In my case the problem was that when VS2017 wanted to deploy the UWP app locally it was reading files from the build folder of another UWP app.

Here are the steps I used:

1. Attach a VS debugger on the VS instance (devenv.exe) you want to use to deploy the app.

2. In the VS instance you attached to devenv.exe open "Exception Settings" (Ctrl+Alt+E) and in the search field type "XmlException".

3. Check the checkbox in front of the System.Xml.XmlException entry.

4. Now try to deploy the UWP app in the other VS instance and wait for the exception breakpoint to be hit.

5. Now open the call stack and go back to the point where you can see the last method call in the Microsoft.VisualStudio.TailoredProjectServices.dll. If necessary load the symbols from the MS symbol server.

6. Double click on that entry and open "Locals" (Debug->Windows->Locals). There check if the folder being used belongs to another UWP app. If yes, go to that given folder and delete the entire "bin" folder.

7. Now if you try to deploy the app again it should deploy without any issues.

Best regards,

Zoltan

 

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If an app is written as an UWP app from the ground up then it will be released in both app stores and work on both platforms. A PC-only app will need to be repackaged to become an UWP app. It's not difficult, but the will needs be there.

 

Have you checked in the library in the store app, to see if it shows up there?
I ask because all apps I ever had on Windows 8 and Windows 10 show up there for me(I always use the same Microsoft account for all my Windows systems).
Maybe if you are lucky, it doesn't show in the store, but they still have it, for someone, like in your predicament.

 

Thanks, yes it is in the Library - didn't think of looking in there.

Is there any method that you know of to extract the files and back them up locally, just in case?

 

Not that I know of, sorry.