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Disabling App Installer breaks Intune-delivered Store Apps

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Description

Brief description of your issue

As of Intune 2304, management policies are available via the DesktopAppInstaller CSP, and all of the settings are Device scoped, thus written into HKLM.
Setting "EnableAppInstaller" to "Disabled" blocks Intune-delivered Store applications from installing.
This does not seem to impact app updates, and if the Store is user-accessible, application installs can still be triggered.

Steps to reproduce

Deploy the EnableAppInstaller setting configured to Disabled to a device via Intune, and attempt to install a Store application via the Company Portal.

Expected behavior

I would expect a System-context install to work correctly, but user-context to be blocked.
Ideally the CSP would support user-level scoping so as to have more granularity over the configuration.

Actual behavior

Any Store app delivered via Intune and regardless of installation context is met with a failure.

Environment
Windows: Windows.Desktop vl0.0.22621.3296
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller vl.22.10861.0

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Research direction

No repository file, test, or entry point is identified in the issue. First reproduce the behavior by disabling EnableAppInstaller through Intune and installing a Store app through Company Portal; done would require a confirmed resolution that permits the expected system-context installation while preserving the stated restriction.

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Assessment

Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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