WiX extension shows as `(damaged)` about issues

[barnson]

Use wix extension add WixToolset.UI.wixext/4.0.4 to get a compatible version of the .wixext. (V5 is up on NuGet.org now.)

[barnson]

WiX extension versioning is independent of WiX versioning -- except that major versions of WiX can introduce breaking interface changes, which is what happened with WiX v5. See also #8033.

[deeplow]

I figured out a temporary workaround

• wix extension add WixToolset.UI.wixext (won't work, but creates necessary directories)
• rm C:\%USERNAME%\.wix\extensions\WixToolset.UI.wixext\* (removes the broken version)
• dotnet new console (creates a project temporarily just so you can download the extension, remove files afterwards)
• dotnet add package WixToolset.UI.wixext
• move from C:\%USERNAME%\.nuget\packages\wixtoolset.ui.wixext\<VERSION> to C:\%USERNAME%\.wix\extensions\WixToolset.UI.wixext\+ (Replace with downloaded <VERSION>)
• now doing wix extension list show show the correct version without (damaged) beside it

[deeplow]

OK. I understand it now. However, it's not very intuitive that that is the version of Wix and not of the extension. I have suggested a docs change (wixtoolset/web#259) to help others better understand this.