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Reputation: 22293

DesktopAppConverter error "A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument"

I wholeheartedly hate Microsoft! I'm trying to convert my Win32 app to UWP. (My app is already in the Windows 10 store. This is an update.) Last time I converted it about a year ago using a PowerShell script taken from the Microsoft page. Today, this script no longer works. So having gone to the same page (which looks totally different now) I had to reinstall their desktop bridge converter, or whatever the hell it's called.

So after downloading and installing all prerequisites, I'm trying to follow their instructions to convert my MSI installer as such:

DesktopAppConverter.exe -Installer "C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Installer-AppName.msi" -Destination "C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Converter2\OUTConverted" -PackageName "AppPkgName.AppName" -Publisher "CN=John A. Doe, O=John A. Doe, STREET=""123 1st Ave. #1"", L=City, S=ST, PostalCode=12345, C=US" -Version 1.2.3.0 -MakeAppx -Verbose

which gives me this error:

A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '7th'.

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What the heck does it not like?

Is it the quotes in the -Publisher parameter? Well, if so, I have to use them to be able to sign the resulting .appx file so that I can test it before I upload it to the store. (I.e. to be able to sign with signtool.exe the publisher name must match exactly what's on the cert.)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 634

Answers (1)

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Reputation: 22293

Ok, I think I got it. Whoever else runs into it, the cert publisher must be enclosed in quotes if it contains spaces. So it turns into this:

-Publisher """CN=John A. Doe, O=John A. Doe, STREET=""""123 1st Ave. #1"""", L=City, S=ST, PostalCode=12345, C=US"""

Upvotes: 1

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