Description (package schema for Windows 8)

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09/20/2021

A friendly description that can be displayed to users.

Element hierarchy

<Properties>: <Description>

Syntax

<Description>

  A string between 1 and 2048 characters in length that cannot include characters such as tabs, carriage returns, and line feeds.

</Description>

Attributes and Elements

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Parent Element	Description
Properties	Defines additional metadata about the package including attributes that describe how the package appears to users. Note You may get an error if the manifest elements DisplayName or Description contain characters disallowed by the Windows firewall; namely “\|” and “all”, due to which Windows fails to create the AppContainer profile for the package . Use this reference for [troubleshooting](/windows/win32/appxpkg/troubleshooting) if you get an error.

Properties

Defines additional metadata about the package including attributes that describe how the package appears to users.

Note You may get an error if the manifest elements DisplayName or Description contain characters disallowed by the Windows firewall; namely “|” and “all”, due to which Windows fails to create the AppContainer profile for the package . Use this reference for [troubleshooting](/windows/win32/appxpkg/troubleshooting) if you get an error.

Remarks

This string is localizable.

Requirements

	Value
Namespace	`http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2010/manifest`