DesktopAppConverter woes, Windows 10 v.17134

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I'm trying to convert my Win32 app from its MSI into UWP appx package using Desktop App Converter, so that I can update it in the Windows Store. Here's the steps.

When I downloaded the Windows_BaseImage_DAC_17134.wim file and tried to install it, I got this at the end (I'm not sure if it means anything):

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Here's the same as a text:

VERBOSE: Removing any pre-existing NAT network
Get-NetNat : Invalid class
At C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppConverter_2.1.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\converter_util\ContainerNetwor
kSetup.ps1:158 char:24
+         $existingNat = Get-NetNat
+                        ~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : MetadataError: (MSFT_NetNat:root/StandardCimv2/MSFT_NetNat) [Get-NetNat], CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80041010,Get-NetNat

Then during the conversion process (that worked many times before) I got this:

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C:\DesktopAppConverter\2ca66a48-91ab-4885-93cf-c9d6c325f3b2\shared
VERBOSE: An error occurred converting your application. Here is the full error record:
VERBOSE:

PowerShell Error Record:
Cannot remove item C:\DesktopAppConverter\2ca66a48-91ab-4885-93cf-c9d6c325f3b2\shared: The process cannot access the
file 'C:\DesktopAppConverter\2ca66a48-91ab-4885-93cf-c9d6c325f3b2\shared' because it is being used by another process.
PowerShell Stack Trace:
at Invoke-IsolatedInstall, C:\Program
Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppConverter_2.1.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\converter_util\IsolatedEnvironmentOps.ps1:
line 221
at <ScriptBlock><Process>, C:\Program
Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppConverter_2.1.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\DesktopAppConverter.ps1: line 679
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1

Inner Exception[0]:
System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file
'C:\DesktopAppConverter\2ca66a48-91ab-4885-93cf-c9d6c325f3b2\shared' because it is being used by another process.
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Directory.DeleteHelper(String fullPath, String userPath, Boolean recursive, Boolean
throwOnTopLevelDirectoryNotFound, WIN32_FIND_DATA& data)
   at System.IO.Directory.Delete(String fullPath, String userPath, Boolean recursive, Boolean checkHost)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemProvider.RemoveFileSystemItem(FileSystemInfo fileSystemInfo, Boolean
force)
Inner Exception Stack Trace[0]
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Directory.DeleteHelper(String fullPath, String userPath, Boolean recursive, Boolean
throwOnTopLevelDirectoryNotFound, WIN32_FIND_DATA& data)
   at System.IO.Directory.Delete(String fullPath, String userPath, Boolean recursive, Boolean checkHost)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemProvider.RemoveFileSystemItem(FileSystemInfo fileSystemInfo, Boolean
force)
VERBOSE: The full error record is saved in the logs at C:\DesktopAppConverter\2ca66a48-91ab-4885-93cf-c9d6c325f3b2\logs
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppConverter_2.1.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\DesktopAppConverter.ps1 : Cannot
remove item C:\DesktopAppConverter\2ca66a48-91ab-4885-93cf-c9d6c325f3b2\shared: The process cannot access the file
'C:\DesktopAppConverter\2ca66a48-91ab-4885-93cf-c9d6c325f3b2\shared' because it is being used by another process.
At line:1 char:1
+ &'C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppConverter_2.1.1.0_ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,DesktopAppConverter.ps1

Does anyone have any idea what all this means?

PS. All these error messages have nothing to do with my app.

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uwpwindows-10windows-store-appsdesktop-bridgedesktop-app-converter
Is your device a VM or on a physical machine? – Breeze Liu - MSFT
@BreezeLiu-MSFT: A vm. Why? – c00000fd
We have been tracking an issue with containers on RS4 VMs not fully cleaning up when they close. We do not yet have a root cause for this issue. It may be the same issue, the workaround for the you is either to use an RS3(16299) VM or an RS4 physical machine to convert. – Breeze Liu - MSFT
@BreezeLiu-MSFT: Thanks for the follow-up. Can I use 16299 wim on a Win10 v.1803 (build 17134.167)? And if not, how can I downgrade it? – c00000fd
I have escalated this issue to the related team. I will post it here once I have any update. – Breeze Liu - MSFT

2 Answers

3
votes

I ran into the same issue and solved it by turning off "Real-time protection" in the "Virus & thread protection settings".

1
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You can turn off real-time monitoring of Windows Defender using the following command in PowerShell: Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true

To enable the real-time monitoring again: Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $false

I prefer this because it's not always good to permanently disable antivirus protection. btw, got this solution from this article.