Merge pull request #6620 from MicrosoftDocs/main

Auto Publish – main to live - 2026-04-10 05:00 UTC

Author: learn-build-service-prod[bot]

hub/apps/desktop/modernize/grant-identity-to-nonpackaged-apps-visual-studio.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Grant package identity by packaging with external location in Visual Studio
 description: How to use Visual Studio to grant package identity to an unpackaged Win32 app so that you can use modern Windows features in that app.
-ms.date: 05/09/2025
+ms.date: 04/09/2026
 ms.topic: how-to
 keywords: windows 11, windows 10, desktop, sparse, package, identity, external, location, MSIX, Win32, Visual Studio
 ms.localizationpriority: medium
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ await packageManager.AddPackageByUriAsync(packageUri, options);
 
 var packageManager = new PackageManager();
 
-var packages = packageManager.FindPackagesForUserWithPackageTypes("", "<IdentityPackageFamilyName>", PackageType.Main);
+var packages = packageManager.FindPackagesForUserWithPackageTypes("", "<IdentityPackageFamilyName>", PackageTypes.Main);
 foreach (var package in packages)
 {
-  await packageManager.RemovePackageAsync(package.Id.FamilyName);
+  await packageManager.RemovePackageAsync(package.Id.FullName);
 }
 ```
 
@@ -225,11 +225,11 @@ await packageManager.ProvisionPackageForAllUsersAsync(packageFamilyName);
 // Unregister the identity package during uninstall
 
 var packageManager = new PackageManager();
-var packages = packageManager.FindPackagesForUserWithPackageTypes("", "<IdentityPackageFamilyName>", PackageType.Main);
+var packages = packageManager.FindPackagesForUserWithPackageTypes("", "<IdentityPackageFamilyName>", PackageTypes.Main);
 foreach (var package in packages)
 {
-  await packageManager.DeprovisionPackageForAllUsersAsync(package.Id.FamilyName);
-  await packageManager.RemovePackageAsync(package.Id.FamilyName, RemovalOptions.RemoveForAllUsers);
+  await packageManager.DeprovisionPackageForAllUsersAsync(package.Id.FullName);
+  await packageManager.RemovePackageAsync(package.Id.FullName, RemovalOptions.RemoveForAllUsers);
 }
 ```