Windows

Unable to edit files in WindowsApps directory C:\Program Files\WindowsApps

Solution

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/copying-files-into-windowsapps-directory/fef54e6e-62ae-4c9c-aee7-8ac570648b16

• Click on the Search Bar on the left hand side of the Taskbar.
• Now type CMD, right click on it, and select Run as Administrator.
• Type in the following command: icacls "%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps" /grant Administrators:F
• Once the above command is successfully executed run the following command: icacls "%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps" /grant Administrators:F /t
• Type Exit and hit enter.
• Restart the PC.

Microsoft store missing

Solution

• Pull this code down (downloading zip is fine) https://github.com/kkkgo/LTSC-Add-MicrosoftStore.
• Press Windows key and search for "developer settings"
• Enable "Developer mode" if it's disabled
• Run "Add-Store" as administrator
• There will be some red error text, usually about the fact that certain apps are already installed
• Restart the machine and bingo! You should now see the store.

Posh git not working with Oh my posh

Solution

https://ohmyposh.dev/docs/segments/git

For some reason, Oh my posh disable posh git by default. To re-enable it, you need to edit your profile (e.g. code $PROFILE). Add the following after the Oh my posh initialisation: $env:POSH_GIT_ENABLED = $true

Mass Transit

Messages going into skipped queue

Solution

• Check to ensure that the producer app is not setting a queue name in its config
• Ensure the consumers that share the same queue name are listening for the same messages

Messags not being consumed from queue

Solution

• Ensure the concurrency limit is set. If it is set to 0 no messages are consumed.

Azure

Azure Pipelines Copy Files Task to Storage Blob: Authentication Failed

Solution

https://brettmckenzie.net/2020/03/23/azure-pipelines-copy-files-task-authentication-failed/

• For authorization you will have to provide access to the Security Principal
• In Azure DevOps, go to the settings for your project, and click on Service Connections (the URL is something like https://dev.azure.com///_settings/adminservices)
• Select the Service Connection you are using for your pipeline task
• Click Manage Service Principal which will redirect you to the Application Registration of the Service Principal. All you need to do here is copy the name (the default format is --)
• Go back and click Manage service connection roles which will redirect you to the IAM blade of the Azure Subscription. Here you need to assign a role to the service principal of which you copied the name of in the previous step. The roles can either be:
  • Storage Blob Data Contributor
  • Storage Blob Data Owner