将msi安装程序打包并发布到Windows 10 App Store中[仅限DESKTOP]？

Question

We have a msi Installer for our project and would like to package and publish it to Windows 10 App Store [Desktop ONLY]. Can you please provide some insight or pointers where I should start looking at? Is this even possible ? Or are there any restrictions potential issues in trying to do the same?

Answer 1

Currently, there are no option to upload .MSI -Classic Windows Application- package to windows store. Windows store is only applicable for AppX package.

But, once if 'Project Centennial' is available, you can transform your .MSI package to AppX. MS says so. You can get the detail of 'project centennial' from here.(It seems that the schedule is delayed...)

• Windows Bridges
• Project Centennial: Converting your Classic Windows App (Win32, .Net, COM) to a Universal Windows App for Distribution in the Windows Store

Note - Win8.1 Store had a function 'Desktop Application Listing' - you could upload just a 'link' of the app download site. But this service was ended with Win10 Release.

Tomb of desktop application listing