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Gerald Versluis September 6, 2022 1m

Enable Unpackaged Distribution of your .NET MAUI Windows App

Summary

The transcript explains how to distribute a Windows .NET MAUI app as a standard executable instead of an MSIX package. Key steps involve modifying the project file to set WindowsPackageType to None and updating the launchSettings.json to change the command name from MsixPackage to Project. The practical takeaway is that developers can now create a standalone executable that can be zipped and shared, but they must manually manage system prerequisites that MSIX would typically handle automatically.

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