Windows App SDK 1.6.8 (1.6.250430001)

This is a servicing release of the Windows App SDK that includes critical bug fixes and a new feature for the 1.6 release.

This release includes the following new features for 1.6:

• ApplicationData.MachineFolder is now easier to use on Windows >=10.0.26100.0 (Ge). Windows will create the Machine folder when a package manifesting opt-in support is added to a system if WinAppSDK 1.6.8 is present on the system. For more details see the ApplicationData spec.

This release includes fixes the following critical bugs for 1.6:

• Fixed PackageDeploymentManager telemetry to properly capture when completion status. For more info, see GitHub issue #5297.
• Fixed a crash when using pen input on an x86 app.
• Fixed a potential crash if the window is already destroyed when WinUI is attempting to initialize for scrolling.
• Fixed the WINDOWSAPPSDK_RELEASE_PATCH define and Microsoft::WindowsAppSDK::Release::Patch values in WindowsAppSDK-VersionInfo.h to not always be 0. The define is now the yymmdd date of the build, and the Patch value is the mmdd date. This change provides better runtime information on the version being used without changing any variable sizes or the version scheme.

Check out our release notes for the list of issues fixed in this release.

Updating to this version

The 1.6.8 package is available at https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK/1.6.250430001