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Provides functionality to expose COM registrations to clients outside of the app package.

Element hierarchy

<Package>

    <Applications>

         <Application>

              <Extensions>

                   <com:Extension>

    <Extensions>

         <com:Extension>

Syntax

<com:Extension
  Category = 'A string that can be one of the following values: "windows.comServer" or "windows.comInterface".' 
  uap10:TrustLevel = 'An optional string value that can one of the following value: "appContainer" or "mediumIL".'
  ap10:RuntimeBehavior = 'An optional string with a value that can be one of the following values: "windowsApp", "packagedClassicApp", or "win32App".'
  uap10:HostId = 'An optional alphanumeric string with a value between 1 and 255 characters in length. Must begin with a letter.'
  uap10:Parameters = 'An optional string with a value between 1 and 32767 characters in length with a non-whitespace character at its beginning and end.' 
  uap11:Id = 'An optional string with a value between 1 and 255 characters in length with a non-whitespace character at its beginning and end.'
  uap11:Subsystem = 'An optional string that can have one of the following values: "console" or "windows".'
  uap11:SupportsMultipleInstances = 'An optional boolean value.'
  uap11:ResourceGroup = 'An optional alphanumeric string with a value between 1 and 255 characters in length. Must begin with a letter.'
  uap11:CurrentDirectoryPath = 'An optional string that cannot contain these characters: <, >, |, ?, or *. >'
  uap11:Parameters = 'An optional string with a value between 1 and 32767 characters in length with a non-whitespace character at its beginning and end.'
  desktop7:CompatMode = 'An optional string the can have one of the following values: "classic" or "modern".'
  desktop7:Scope = 'An optional string that can have one of the following values: "machine" or "user".'>

  <!-- Child elements -->
  com:ComServer
  com:ComInterface

</com:Extension>

Attributes and elements

Attributes

Attribute Description Data type Required Default value
Category The type of app extensibility point. A string that can be one of the following values: windows.comServer or windows.comInterface. Yes
uap10:TrustLevel Specifies the trust level of the extension. An optional string value that can one of the following value: appContainer or mediumIL. No
uap10:RuntimeBehavior Specifies the run time behavior of the extension. An optional string with a value that can be one of the following values: windowsApp, packagedClassicApp, or win32App. No
uap10:HostId Specifies the ID of the host runtime for the extension. An optional alphanumeric string with a value between 1 and 255 characters in length. Must begin with a letter. No
uap10:Parameters Contains command line parameters to pass to the extension. Only supported for desktop apps that have package identity. An optional string with a value between 1 and 32767 characters in length with a non-whitespace character at its beginning and end. No
uap11:Id An identifier for the extension. The ID must be unique for all extensions in a package. An optional string with a value between 1 and 255 characters in length with a non-whitespace character at its beginning and end. No
uap11:Subsystem This attribute is inherited from the base extension syntax and is not applicable to the com4 extension. Other than syntactic validation, this value is ignored. An optional string that can have one of the following values: console or windows. No
uap11:SupportsMultipleInstances Specifies whether instances should run in different processes. The default value is false. An optional boolean value. No
uap11:ResourceGroup A tag that you can use to group extension activations together for resource management purposes (for example, CPU and memory). The value you can set ResourceGroup is free-form and flexible. See Application@ResourceGroup. An optional alphanumeric string with a value between 1 and 255 characters in length. Must begin with a letter. No
uap11:CurrentDirectoryPath Specifies the initial directory when the application process is launched. This attribute supports macros. For more info, see Macros in the package manifest schema. An optional string that cannot contain these characters: <, >, |, ?, or *. > No
uap11:Parameters This attribute is inherited from the base extension syntax and is not applicable to the com4 extension. Other than syntactic validation, this value is ignored. This attribute supports macros. For more info, see Macros in the package manifest schema. An optional string with a value between 1 and 32767 characters in length with a non-whitespace character at its beginning and end. No
desktop7:CompatMode Specifies whether this extension's information is registered with Windows in classic ways (e.g. unpackaged apps register types with COM via the registry) or in new more scoped ways. The default value is "modern". CompatMode="classic" requires the Microsoft.classicAppCompat_8wekyb3d8bbwe capability. An optional string the can have one of the following values: classic or modern. No
desktop7:Scope Specifies whether the registrations are only visible to other applications running as a user who has this package registered (user), or whether they are visible to all users and services on the machine (machine). The default value is "user". Scope="machine" requires the Microsoft.classicAppCompatElevated_8wekyb3d8bbwe capability. An optional string that can have one of the following values: machine or user. No

Child elements

Child element Description
com:ComServer Declares a package extension point of type windows.comServer.
com:ComInterface Declares a package extension point of type windows.comInterface.

Parent elements

Parent element Description
Extensions (type: CT_ApplicationExtensions) Defines one or more extensibility points for the app.

Requirements

Item Value
Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/foundation/windows10
uap10 http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/10
Minimum OS Version Windows 10 version 1703 (Build 15063)