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Add appLicensing capability to Appx manifest - #27412
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Adds the restricted appLicensing capability to the MSIX/AppX manifest so PowerShell’s packaged app can skip Microsoft Store license acquisition (avoiding “Error acquiring license from Store” and improving startup latency).
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<rescap:Capability Name="appLicensing" />toassets/AppxManifest.xmlcapabilities list.
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PR Summary
Add the
appLicensingcap to Appx manifest which declares a license (from point of view of the Store) is not required. This is a restricted cap, but PowerShell 7 can use it.PR Context
This fixes a potential "Error acquiring license from Store" error and also speeds up startup as it doesn't try to acquire a Store license.
PR Checklist
.h,.cpp,.cs,.ps1and.psm1files have the correct copyright header