NOTE: follow screenshots below for examples of deploying HP Hotkeys, Synaptics Pointing Device, and Intel Thunderbolt appx control apps, and the separate Softpaq package – needed for Hotkeys - prior to OOBE.Īs already mentioned, we must locate the file for the actual UWP installation portion and modify the DISM string in that file. We will also provide a system variable when invoking the command file, %OSDTargetSystemDrive%, that represents the WinPE drive where Windows is applied
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You can also select to have HPIA check ONLY Softpaqs with UWP packagesĮach driver UWP application will require separate install steps ins a Task Sequence: When analyzing for a product and OS, the resulting list will include an UWP icon next to the Readme and CVA icons, as needed. HPIA can list all available Softpaqs for any HP supported system and supported Windows versions.
The best tool for identifying Softpaqs that contain UWP components is HP Image Assistant (HPIA). The first step is to identify which drivers contain UWP applications and then to find and package those for installation.
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To alleviate the inconsistencies, HP software teams are developing a more standardized method for delivering drivers’ UWP components, so in the future, packaging these for installation will be made simpler. Also, with our technique, if the Softpaq itself requires separate installation, its UWP appx package will be installed prior to the Softpaq – think HP Hotkeys software here.
NOTE: The process outlined below can vary by driver, where the UWP control application can be packaged differently by vendor.
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In order to help with the installation of drivers’ appx applications, we will show how to package and inject these components into the default profile as the image is being built in an OS deployment task. More on drivers UWP application installations at: A pen/stylus application comes to mind, for example. The issue is that in most cases, access to the Windows store is curtailed in corporate PCs, resulting in some functionality missing from the PC.
This results from the default behavor that the installation of a UWP appx application should done by a user from the Windows app store which means a user profile was created and a user was logged in. However, when utilizing enterprise deployment tools, like Microsoft MEMCM, systems are imaged by applying Windows and then injecting the drivers (usually from DriverPacks), where only the drivers are installed. When the Softpaq is executed in Windows, both the driver and the appx application are installed. Drivers with a control UWP application are split between the hardware-enabling driver and an appx package, typically installed with DISM.Įvery driver is delivered by HP as a Softpaq (packaging method developed by Compaq long ago), and, for each driver that requires it, contains both the driver and the UWP appx control application. The implementation of the UWP driver model by Microsoft imposes restrictions on how a complete driver package can be deployed when a PC is (re)imaged. Installing Driver Appx packages during MEMCM/OSD
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