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I have a project that has various branches of the same C#/xaml metro app. I have a tablet PC that I test the apps on, and I will typically do an app package deployment on it to test out my latest code. The issue that comes up is I often have multiple branches of the same program. I'd like to be able to execute both of them (to compare and contrast) on the tablet computer. However when I go to install the app, it says it's already installed, and the installation fails. What settings do I need to change on my branch so windows 8 sees the branch as a separate app?
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I'd try creating two projects with the same name but in different parent folders and doing a diff on the project directories. There must be an ID of sorts that you could find that way.
*EDIT (adding the answer) Comparing the csproj files I can see different project GUIDs:
<ProjectGuid>{2BC8E996-5E25-4714-9327-930553131C04}</ProjectGuid>
<ProjectGuid>{DFC50C25-399E-437A-B641-E48FEA776EFE}</ProjectGuid>
But the other difference is what must make the packaged apps different - in Package.appxmanifest I get different GUIDs as well:
<Identity Name="3b69e4ca-4072-4ec6-8790-4090bf72a8c3"
<Identity Name="2a943b24-68d2-4480-a475-1d606e546672"
Changing that guid should help.
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