Cordova Visual Studio, install appx on windows tablet

Question

I´ve developed an cordova app with visual studio an deployed it to windows.

After that I get a folder "~\platforms\windows\AppPackages\" with a *.appx file like in the description of the answer in How to deploy Visual Studio Cordova app to Windows 8?

I copied the appx file on my windows tablet with an usb-stick. Now I tried to run the file. --> Same reaction like on a normal desktop pc. Can´t run the extension. (Dialog with "How should this type of file to be opened")

What is the right way, without an app store.

Answer 1

If you want to deploy for testing purposes, under the AppPackages folder you should see a *_Test folder as shown below. You can copy this folder onto the machine you want to test the app on. Within that folder there is a powershell script that will install the app onto the machine.