Hi 

I have developed a win 8.1 app which we are trying to install on different user machines. 

We are using the DISM command to side load the app, which works fine for the administrator(s). But when a normal user logs in the app is not available. Again if we install the app under the normal user (of course by providing admin credentials) it works fine for that user.

I have tried this in both windows 8.1 enterprise and pro editions.

Are we missing anything here? Or is this a known bug with the DISM command ?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

• Edited by windev99 Thursday, June 04, 2015 11:51 PM

Please reference Sideload Apps with DISM or Preinstall Apps Using DISM.

Something else to consider is that the app you provisioned with DISM /Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage is only provisioned in the image, it hasnt yet been installed for any user. There are two states for an AppX:

 

• Provisioned AppX are added to the Windows image, but not to any existing users. Provisioned apps are automatically installed when a new user is created. You could almost consider them to be configured as new default apps.

• Installed AppX are added to an individual user. Provisioned apps are automatically installed for new users. You can install an app without provisioning it, like when you install an app from the Windows Store.

   

  If you want to add an AppX to both existing users and all new users in a Windows environment, you need to both provision it in the image and for new users (Add-AppxProvisionedPackage or DISM /Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage) and install it for the existing users (Add-AppxPackage).

   

  Brandon
  Windows Outreach Team- IT Pro
  Windows for IT Pros on TechNet

• Edited by Brandon RecordsModerator 17 hours 22 minutes ago
• Marked as answer by windev99 10 hours 8 minutes ago