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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions .config/configuration.vsEnterprise.winget
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- resource: Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage
id: vsPackage
directives:
description: Install Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise
description: Install Visual Studio 2026 Enterprise
# Requires elevation for the set operation
securityContext: elevated
settings:
id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.Enterprise
id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Enterprise
source: winget
- resource: Microsoft.VisualStudio.DSC/VSComponents
dependsOn:
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions .config/configuration.vsProfessional.winget
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- resource: Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage
id: vsPackage
directives:
description: Install Visual Studio 2022 Professional
description: Install Visual Studio 2026 Professional
# Requires elevation for the set operation
securityContext: elevated
settings:
id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.Professional
id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Professional
source: winget
- resource: Microsoft.VisualStudio.DSC/VSComponents
dependsOn:
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- resource: Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage
id: vsPackage
directives:
description: Install Visual Studio 2022 Community
description: Install Visual Studio 2026 Community
# Requires elevation for the set operation
securityContext: elevated
settings:
id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.Community
id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community
source: winget
- resource: Microsoft.VisualStudio.DSC/VSComponents
dependsOn:
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- schemas/JSON/manifests/*

pool:
vmImage: 'windows-2025'
vmImage: 'windows-2025-vs2026'

variables:
solution: 'src\AppInstallerCLI.sln'
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* Windows 10 1809 (17763) or later
* [Developer Mode enabled](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/uwp/get-started/enable-your-device-for-development)
* [Visual Studio 2022](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/)
* [Visual Studio 2026](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/)
* Or use WinGet to install it ;) (although you may need to adjust the workloads via Tools->Get Tools and Features...)
* The following workloads:
* .NET Desktop Development
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* The following extensions:

* [Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioClient.MicrosoftVisualStudio2022InstallerProjects)
* [Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2022](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioClient.MicrosoftVisualStudio2022InstallerProjects) (Works with Visual Studio 2026)

## Building the client

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- For VS Community: `winget configure .config/configuration.winget`
- For VS Professional: `winget configure .config/configuration.vsProfessional.winget`
- For VS Enterprise: `winget configure .config/configuration.vsEnterprise.winget`
3. Run `vcpkg integrate install` from the Developer Command Prompt / Developer PowerShell for VS 2022. This is a one-time setup step until the configuration file in step 2 is updated to work with vcpkg setup.
3. Run `vcpkg integrate install` from the Developer Command Prompt / Developer PowerShell for VS. This is a one-time setup step until the configuration file in step 2 is updated to work with vcpkg setup.

Open `winget-cli\src\AppInstallerCLI.sln` in Visual Studio and build. We currently only build using the solution; command-line methods of building a VS solution should work as well.

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1. Ensure that the extension is installed locally

a. [Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2022](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioClient.MicrosoftVisualStudio2022InstallerProjects)
a. [Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2022](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioClient.MicrosoftVisualStudio2022InstallerProjects) (Works with Visual Studio 2026)
2. Set configuration to "Release|x86"
3. Build AppInstallerTestMsiInstaller project
4. Check in new MSI over the one in TestData
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