UWP installer without powershell

Question

I am looking for a more userfriendly way to make an installer for my UWP Application. I don\'t want to distribute through the store and I am aware that you need to set the d

Answer 1

Microsoft has now adds its own graphical installer. You can simply double click the appxbundle file.

If you use a self signed cert it must be set as trusted in the system. The cer file is also in the zip archive with is created by Visual Studio.

Answer 2

You can install an appx package from code with the Windows.Management.Deployment.PackageManager object's AddPackageAsync method. This is demonstrated for C++ and C# in the Add app package sample on MSDN.

To update an existing package call PackageManager.UpdatePackageAsync