The shell resolves Square44x44Logo through the package resource index;
this package never had a resources.pri, so every icon lookup failed and
Start/taskbar showed a generic icon regardless of the Assets PNGs.
Empirically (SHLoadIndirectString against the live package), with
AllowExternalContent MRT loads resources from the EXTERNAL location,
not the manifest's folder — so Register-vRIO.ps1 now copies Assets\ and
resources.pri next to the exe before registering. Make-Assets.ps1
regenerates the PNGs from vwe.ico and rebuilds the pri (needs makepri
from the Windows SDK / SDK.BuildTools NuGet). Package version bumped;
the MrtCache is keyed by package full name, so same-version
re-registration serves stale lookups.
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With package identity the taskbar/Start icon comes from the manifest's
Square44x44Logo assets, not the exe's embedded icon — the placeholder
PNGs are replaced with renders of vwe.ico, plus the targetsize /
altform-unplated variants the Win11 taskbar prefers.
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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.
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