DesktopAppConverter does not recognize installed files into roaming folder

Question

The Setup created by InnoSetup is installing two files into the Roaming Directory. For example:

C:\Users{user}\AppData\Roaming\Get\Rezeptverwaltung\zutaten.xml C:\Users{user}\AppData\Roaming\Get\Rezeptverwaltung\rezepte.xml

I also can see the following directory when using the DesktopAppConverter

C:\temp\Recipe\PackageFiles\VFS\Users\ContainerAdministrator\AppData\Roaming\Get\Rezeptverwaltung\rezepte.xml C:\ temp\Recipe\PackageFiles\VFS\Users\ContainerAdministrator\AppData\Roaming\Get\Rezeptverwaltung\zutaten.xml

When installing the Recipe.appx the required files (C:\Users{userprofile}\AppData\Roaming\Get\Rezeptverwaltung*.xml are not installed into the userprofile Roaming directory.

How can I tell the DesktopAppConverter to install this files too?

Answer 1

When installing the Recipe.appx the required files (C:\Users{userprofile}\AppData\Roaming\Get\Rezeptverwaltung*.xml are not installed into the userprofile Roaming directory.

These files have been redirected to the local app data store:

VFS/USERS/ContainerAdministrator/AppData/Roaming/xxxx

Please see the points listed in here

Your app writes to the AppData folder with the intention of sharing data with another app. After conversion, AppData is redirected to the local app data store, which is a private store for each UWP app. Use a different means of inter-process data sharing. For more info, see Store and retrieve settings and other app data.