Files and Folders View
AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | MSIX Editor
The Files and Folders view is where you see files and folders within your MSIX package. This includes folders and files that are in the MSIX package's root folder, the virtual file system (VFS) folder, Assets, AppxMetadata and any other folders within MSIX package.
The Files and Folders view lets you make edits to the files and folders of your MSIX Package. You will be able to add new files and folders to your MSIX package and delete the files and folders from your MSIX package in this view.
The following four panes are available in the Files and Folders view:
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Pane |
Description |
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Source computer's folders (Top Left) |
The Source computer's folders pane on the top left is similar to the left pane in Windows Explorer. This pane contains folders located either locally or on a network. From here, you can navigate to the folder that contains the files that you want to add to your MSIX package. |
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Source computer's folder (Top Right) |
The Source computer's folders pane is the top right displays the content of the currently selected folder of the Source computer's folders pane on the top left. You can drag files from this pane and drop into the Package Content bottom right pane to add to your MSIX package. |
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Package content (Bottom Left) |
Package content pane on the bottom left displays all the folders in your MSIX package. |
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Package content (Bottom Right) |
Package content pane on the bottom right displays the content of the currently selected folder of the Package content pane on the bottom left. |
You can add files and folders to your installation the following two ways:
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Method |
Description |
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Dragging and dropping |
You can add files to your MSIX package using the Files explorer in the Files and Folders view. The top two panes in this view are functionally equivalent to Windows Explorer. The bottom two panes represent the destination for your files and folders. You can drag source files from the top pane to the destination folder in the bottom pane. |
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Right click and browse |
MSIX Editor provide a context menu in the Package Content pane on the bottom right. Click on Add File in the context menu of any folder in the Package Content pane on the bottom right to browse and add a file. |
The following context menu options are available in Files and Folders view:
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Context Menu Option |
Description |
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Expand |
Expand the selected folder. |
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Full Expand |
Fully expand the folder. |
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Collapse |
Collapse the selected folder. |
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Full Collapse |
Collapse entire folder and files. |
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Add File |
Add a file to the folder selected. |
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Add Folder |
Browse to add a new folder to an existing folder |
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Delete |
Delete existing folder. |
Below is the list of some commonly found system folders within any installation package and how they map to the folder withing virtual file system (VFS) of a MSIX package:
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System Folder |
Equivalent folder in VFS |
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C:\Program Files (x86) |
ProgramFilesX86 |
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C:\Program Files |
ProgramFilesX64 |
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C:\Windows\System32 |
SystemX86 |
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64 |
SystemX64 |
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files |
ProgramFilesCommonX86 |
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C:\Program Files\Common Files |
ProgramFilesCommonX64 |
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C:\Windows |
Windows |
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C:\ProgramData |
Common AppData |