powershellwindowsdesktop-bridgedesktop-app-converter

How can we add a comma in publisher name in appxmanifest while using desktop app converter to convert my win32 app into UWP app

.\DesktopAppConverter.ps1 -ExpandedBaseImage C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Images\BaseImage-14316

–Installer C:\Users\chris\Downloads\x\x.exe -InstallerArguments "/S" -Destination C:\Output\x

-PackageName "VLC" -Publisher "CN=Company,name" -Version 0.2.2.2 -MakeAppx -Verbose

So the comodo certificate i am having for my app has a comma in the CN , i.e. ,something like CN="Comapany, NAme"

How can i pass this in powershell

Solution

  • According to Microsoft documentation about appxmanifest you can include comma in publisher name without a problem as long as the publisher name is surrounded by quotes ("):

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br211441.aspx

    So the real question is how to pass publisher name with quotes to AppConverter.

    The solution seem to be to represent " with \"\" when passing publisher like this:

    -Publisher 'CN=\"\"Company, Name\"\"'

    The full command here:

    DesktopAppConverter.exe -Installer myInstaller.exe -InstallerArguments "/S" -Destination . -PackageName "MyApp" -Publisher 'CN=\"\"Company, Name\"\"' -Version 0.0.0.1 -MakeAppx

    However there seems to be a bug in DesktopAppConverter. The result I get is this:

    CN="Company, Name

    The 2nd " is missing from the result. I'm not sure why DesktopAppConverter is unable to recognize the 2nd \"\" special character, but that's the case and so we're unfortunately stuck here.

    Update: Found the solution. With trial and error I found out that adding double quote "" helps in recognizing the 2nd quote. So the following works:

    -Publisher 'CN=\"\"Company, Name""\"\"'