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UWP How to install more than one UWP app? (same name problem)

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GMMG

Guest
Ich created an app App1 and exported to UWP "Package an x64 build".

I get an App1 directory with an App1.appx in it. I I doubleclick on it I get a Window like this:
"Install Made in GameMaker Studio 2? <Install Button>"

If I click on the install button I get in the Windows 10 setting
at "Apps & Features" an "Made in GameMaker Studio 2" entry.

Then I exported an App2 to UWP "Package an x64 build".
I get an App2 directory with an App2.appx in it.

If I doubleclick on App2.appx I get the message
"Made in GameMaker Studio 2 is already installed <Start> Button"
If I click on the start button my old App1 starts.

To start my App2 I have to deinstall the App named "Made in GameMaker Studio 2"
at Windows 10 Apps & Features settings. After deinstalling "Made in GameMaker Studio 2"
I can then doubleclick on App2.appx and get an Install button.

So the problem seems to be although the two apps are exported on different
names (App1.appx and App2.appx) at Apps & Features they are both
named "Made in GameMaker Studio 2".

So I think Windows 10 thinks because of the same name it's the same app.

Why are my App1 and App2 named "Made in GameMaker Studio 2" in Windows 10?
Where can I change the "Made in GameMaker Studio 2" name in GMS2?
If I can set "Made in GameMaker Studio 2" to different names for different
apps can I then run more than one UWP app or is there then another problem?
 

sylvain_l

Member
in your resources tree, Options->windows UWP

"Made in GameMaker Studio 2" is the default display name, so better update it with the right one.
 
G

GMMG

Guest
in your resources tree, Options->windows UWP

"Made in GameMaker Studio 2" is the default display name, so better update it with the right one.
Thank you, changing name worked to change the name Windows 10 uses for the apps.
But it's also (*or only) necessary to have different package names
(also at Options->MainWindows UWP->General).

(*Without different package names but different display names I have the same
same name problem in Windows 10. But with different package names and different
display names the problem is solved. (It's not meaningful to have same display
names but different package names so I haven't tested this situation.))
 
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