From 460f7ec7aacf23f391dacd7839c8c160679ad62d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Dinges <blender@dingto.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:14:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Windows: Run blender-launcher.exe instead of blender.exe

With this change Blender, delivered via the Microsoft store, will launch without the console window flashing.

Ref T88613

Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D16589
---
 release/windows/msix/AppxManifest.xml.template | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/release/windows/msix/AppxManifest.xml.template b/release/windows/msix/AppxManifest.xml.template
index e1b267472a3..5bf56f5a50a 100644
--- a/release/windows/msix/AppxManifest.xml.template
+++ b/release/windows/msix/AppxManifest.xml.template
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <rescap:Capability Name="runFullTrust" />
   </Capabilities>
   <Applications>
-    <Application Id="BLENDER" Executable="Blender\blender.exe" EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication">
+    <Application Id="BLENDER" Executable="Blender\blender-launcher.exe" EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication">
       <uap:VisualElements
           BackgroundColor="transparent"
           DisplayName="Blender [VERSION]"
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
             </uap2:SupportedVerbs>
           </uap3:FileTypeAssociation>
         </uap3:Extension>
-        <uap3:Extension Category="windows.appExecutionAlias" Executable="Blender\blender.exe" EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication">
+        <uap3:Extension Category="windows.appExecutionAlias" Executable="Blender\blender-launcher.exe" EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication">
           <uap3:AppExecutionAlias>
-            <desktop:ExecutionAlias Alias="blender.exe" />
+            <desktop:ExecutionAlias Alias="blender-launcher.exe" />
           </uap3:AppExecutionAlias>
         </uap3:Extension>
       </Extensions>