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Open MyEmptyApp.sln in Visual Studio.
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Select release configuration
- Build
- This will create x64\Release\MyEmptyApp.exe
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Open command prompt
- cd to repository root
- run install-wix-4.cmd
- run build.cmd
- Two or more installers will be created:
- msi\MyEmptyApp-3.6.285.msi
- msi\MyEmptyApp-3.6.295.msi
- clone this repository to C:\dev\powerlauncher-bug, then you wouldn't have to modify the paths in sandbox.wsb
- Download PowerToys installer, e.g. from https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.83.0
- put it into sandbox subfolder
- Download Sysinternals utilities like procexp and procmon
- you can run download_tools.cmd to do it
- Start Windows sandbox with a mapped folder that contains MyEmptyApp-*.msi installers and PowerToys installer
- you can use sandbox.wsb - modify it to your own needs and double-click it
- wait for the PowerToys installer to finish (or start it manually)
- open PowerToys Settings and ensure "PowerToys Run" is enabled\
- confirm PowerToys.PowerLauncher.exe is running (use e.g. procexp)
- start procmon
- start MyEmptyApp-3.6.285.msi, then MyEmptyApp-3.6.295.msi, and so on, until you see a message box with "Warning 1946 ..."
- stop procmon
- filter by path containing "MyEmptyApp.lnk"
You will see that PowerLauncher.exe opened MyEmptyApp.lnk in read-sharing mode, and then msiexec tried to open it in exclusive mode to set an attribute, which fails:
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