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How To Open .MSApp Files

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Posted on 27 Nov 2018 20:56:03 by emhanna1

OK, so the PowerApps Studio has been deprecated since I last messed with PowerApps. I'm trying to work through an Microsoft tutorial that supplies two .MSApp files as part of the tutorial.

How do you browse to an .MSApp file? Now that everything is done in the cloud version of PowerApps, "Browse" seems to be absent from the menus.

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sonali_23 27 on 10 Jul 2024 at 14:46:28

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Re: How To Open .MSApp Files

Yeah got it I used in that way... Thank you for your reply
timl 34,978 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 09 Jul 2024 at 23:03:15

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Re: How To Open .MSApp Files

@sonali_235 - it'll be an in memory copy of the app content in the .msapp file. If you want to share or publish your app, you'll need to use the Save option to save the app to the Power Apps cloud.
sonali_235 25 on 03 Jul 2024 at 09:51:36

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Re: How To Open .MSApp Files

I can open that .msapp.. but after opening it will it be a new app file or the same ?
whyonearth 126 on 13 Jun 2023 at 18:31:42

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Re: How To Open .MSApp Files

This is, apparently, not supported yet for Pages within a solution.

I was trying to copy in a page from a Canvas app doing the whole pac canvas unpack/pack CLI thing and the holdup occured when trying to import into a Page.

Funny thing is, you can "Download a Copy" of the page and unpack it via the CLI with no issue.
sky_sats 41 on 01 Feb 2023 at 07:38:06

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Re: How To Open .MSApp Files

For the newer version of PowerApps, can click Open from the ... ellipsis
Benyam 3 on 11 Sep 2022 at 06:23:54

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Re: How To Open .MSApp Files

<h1> Thank you Boos </h1>
timl 34,978 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 27 Nov 2018 at 22:04:46

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Re: How To Open .MSApp Files

Yes, that's correct. Glad that's working for you now!
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emhanna1 25 on 27 Nov 2018 at 21:48:47

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Re: How To Open .MSApp Files

I see! You have to select "Create an App from Blank" and then you enter PowerApps Studio--and the menu options change to what you have shown.

Thanks for the help. I got it now.
timl 34,978 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 27 Nov 2018 at 21:27:53

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Re: How To Open .MSApp Files

Hi @emhanna1

In the online version of PowerApps Studio, you can open .MSApp files via the Open > Browse menu option. This enables you to select an .MSApp file from your local file system.