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About the self-starting function registration of the application

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale

Research direction

Start by reviewing the Windows App SDK Samples structure and the provided windows.startupTask manifest example. A complete contribution would demonstrate self-starting application registration for both packaged and unpackaged projects, covering the requested Windows App SDK scenario.

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Description

sample request

Uwp has the registration of the following self-starting functions. Can someone write a demo of the wasdk version? Contains packaged and unpackaged projects.

<Package ...>
...

<Application ...>
...

<desktop:Extension Category="windows.startupTask">
desktop:StartupTasks
<desktop:StartupTask TaskId="MyTask" Enabled="true" DisplayName="My App"/>
</desktop:StartupTasks>
</desktop:Extension>



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