[Package Request]: `FilesCommunity.Files.Preview`

[roke-julian-lockhart]

How can we help?

I would like someone else to build the manifest.

Please read and ensure the following

• The installer meets the above requirements

Please provide the following information

Download Page URI	https://files.community/download
Publisher	https://github.com/files-community
Package Name	Static FilesCommunity.Files.Preview Vanity Files - Preview per #150390 (comment)
Description	Introducing Files, the ultimate file manager for Windows. With its sleek and intuitive design, navigating through your files and documents has never been easier.
Package Version	3.6.0.0, from https://github.com/files-community/Files/releases/tag/v3.6 (per https://github.com/files-community/Files/releases/latest).
Installer URI	https://cdn.files.community/files/preview/Files.Package_3.6.0.0_Preview_Test/Files.Package_3.6.0.0_x64_arm64_Preview.msixbundle

1. Relates to [Package Request]: Files #150390 (comment).
2. Remediates WinGet Support for the preview version files-community/Files#11380 (comment).

[Dragon1573]

Note

Blocking-Issue Manifest validation is blocked by a known issue. Area-External Interactive-Only-Installer The package requires intearction to install.

*.appinstaller of this package is currently not supported by winget.exe, since it can't be installed unattendedly. Also the "classic installer" is only provided for stable version.

This issue should be closed as "not planned".

[roke-julian-lockhart]

#166364 (comment)

@Dragon1573:

1. Does an issue for supporting .AppInstaller packages exist?

   [Package Request]: FilesCommunity.Files.Preview #166364 (comment)

2. I did ask How do APPX, MSIX/MSIXBundle, and AppInstaller packages differ? at SE SU prior to filing this, but I didn't receive any responses, so I wasn't aware.

3. I'll try to request a standard MSIX package too.

   [Package Request]: FilesCommunity.Files.Preview #166364 (comment)

[roke-julian-lockhart]

I'll try to request a standard MSIX package too.

@Dragon1573, I've filed files-community/Files#15973 (comment) to hopefully bypass WinGet's lack of support for .AppInstaller files.

[Josh65-2201]

I have already given a link for preview builds #150390 (comment)

[roke-julian-lockhart]

#166364 (comment)

@Dragon1573, I've filed microsoft/winget-cli#4711 (comment) for support for the .AppInstaller format, because none existed.

[roke-julian-lockhart]

#166364 (comment)

Thanks, @Josh65-2201. I'll update it with that:

<a href="https://cdn.files.community/files/preview/Files.Package_3.5.6.0_Preview_Test/Files.Package_3.5.6.0_x64_arm64_Preview.msixbundle">https://cdn.files.community/files/preview/Files.Package_3.5.6.0_Preview_Test/Files.Package_3.5.6.0_x64_arm64_Preview.msixbundle</a>

[roke-julian-lockhart]

#166364 (comment)

@Josh65-2201, I'm going to revert the request to include the .AppInstaller package:

Details

<a href="https://files.community/appinstallers/Files.preview.appinstaller">https://files.community/appinstallers/Files.preview.appinstaller</a>

...per files-community/Files#15973 (comment):

We don’t offer standalone MSIX packages because they require specific dependencies to be installed beforehand, and we can’t provide the support needed for any confusion this might cause.

[roke-julian-lockhart]

#166364 (comment)

@Dragon1573, #166364 (comment) has been reverted per files-community/Files#15973 (comment), so the installer URI is now an .MSIXBundle package.