Because official downloads are no longer available, community-maintained repositories are the primary source for application packages. Internet Archive
: Starting with Windows Phone 8.1, XAP was largely replaced by the APPX format to align with Windows desktop apps. windows phone xap archive full
import zipfile with zipfile.ZipFile('app.xap','r') as z: z.extractall('app_full') 'r') as z: z.extractall('app_full')