We have developed a desktop application, it should run in both PC's and table's, that's the reason we have chosen UWP. Now I have to Packaging UWP application as .exe or .msi to provide it to my clients. I did some research on the internet but didn't found any information. Any one help me like, To create setup project like traditional windows forms with out visual studio using wizard.
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You cannot create a standalone EXE or an MSI for a UWP app. The UWP app package itself is the installer. As long as it's signed with a trusted certificate, the user can double-click the package file to install the app.
Two options to automate the creation of the installation package for your UWP app:
1) use the commandline tools that come with the Windows SDK (MakeAppx, SignTool): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/packaging/manual-packaging-root
2) set up a build pipeline in Azure DevOps https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/apps/windows/universal
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