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pkg: package identity so Dynamic Lighting grants background control

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The Settings "Background light control" list only offers apps that have
BOTH package identity and the com.microsoft.windows.lighting
windows.appExtension in their manifest (declaration verified against
Lenovo's LegionLightingController manifest) — without a grant, Windows
hands the LEDs to vRIO only while it is the foreground window, i.e.
never during gameplay.

pkg/AppxManifest.xml is a sparse package (external location) that
grants the existing VRio.App.exe identity as-is: win32App runtime
behavior, runFullTrust + unvirtualizedResources, and the lighting
app-extension. Register-vRIO.ps1 registers/unregisters it against any
exe folder (repo build or an extracted dist zip); unsigned registration
needs Developer Mode. Identity is granted through shell activation
only — launch from the Start menu entry or an AUMID taskbar pin, not by
double-clicking the exe (the script prints this warning).

Verified end-to-end on this machine: process reports the package full
name, vRIO appears in the background-control list, and the wire log
shows the withheld → available transition once granted.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-07-06 15:08:38 -05:00
co-authored by Claude Fable 5
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
Sparse package ("package with external location"): grants the plain win32
VRio.App.exe a package identity without changing how it is built or run.
vRIO needs identity so Windows Dynamic Lighting can list it under
Settings → Personalization → Dynamic Lighting → Background light control —
without it the keyboard lamp mirror only works while vRIO has focus.
Register (Developer Mode, unsigned) with the exe's folder as the external
location: see Register-vRIO.ps1 next to this file.
-->
<Package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/foundation/windows10"
xmlns:uap="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10"
xmlns:uap3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/3"
xmlns:uap10="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/10"
xmlns:rescap="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/foundation/windows10/restrictedcapabilities"
IgnorableNamespaces="uap uap3 uap10 rescap">
<Identity Name="VWE.vRIO"
ProcessorArchitecture="neutral"
Publisher="CN=VWE"
Version="1.0.0.0" />
<Properties>
<DisplayName>vRIO</DisplayName>
<PublisherDisplayName>VWE</PublisherDisplayName>
<Logo>Assets\logo150.png</Logo>
<uap10:AllowExternalContent>true</uap10:AllowExternalContent>
</Properties>
<Dependencies>
<TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Desktop" MinVersion="10.0.19041.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.26200.0" />
</Dependencies>
<Resources>
<Resource Language="en-us" />
</Resources>
<Capabilities>
<rescap:Capability Name="runFullTrust" />
<rescap:Capability Name="unvirtualizedResources" />
</Capabilities>
<Applications>
<Application Id="vRIO"
Executable="VRio.App.exe"
uap10:TrustLevel="mediumIL"
uap10:RuntimeBehavior="win32App">
<uap:VisualElements DisplayName="vRIO"
Description="Virtual RIO cockpit device emulator"
Square150x150Logo="Assets\logo150.png"
Square44x44Logo="Assets\logo44.png"
BackgroundColor="transparent" />
<Extensions>
<!-- Advertise as a lighting-controller app so Dynamic Lighting offers
vRIO in Settings' "Background light control" picker. -->
<uap3:Extension Category="windows.appExtension">
<uap3:AppExtension Name="com.microsoft.windows.lighting"
Id="vrio"
DisplayName="vRIO"
Description="vRIO cockpit lamp mirror"
PublicFolder="Public" />
</uap3:Extension>
</Extensions>
</Application>
</Applications>
</Package>