Windows 10: Can a universal app be started via keyboard shortcut or command line

Discus and support Can a universal app be started via keyboard shortcut or command line in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; The thread title pretty much says it all. Can a universal app (currently interested in Weather) be started via keyboard shortcut or command line... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Bob Coleman, Feb 8, 2017.

  1. Can a universal app be started via keyboard shortcut or command line


    The thread title pretty much says it all. Can a universal app (currently interested in Weather) be started via keyboard shortcut or command line command?

    :)
     
    Bob Coleman, Feb 8, 2017
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  2. apkdev Win User

    How to launch / load Coratna from the DOS command line ?

    This statement is not just unhelpful but also blatantly false; It is
    entirely

    possible
    to run UWP apps from command line.
     
    apkdev, Feb 8, 2017
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  3. DL91 Win User
    I can't copy paste in mail apps of windows 10

    I've used the keyboard shortcut to copy & paste into notepad 1st to remove all formatting - still the paste command does nothing in the mail app. Clearly works with other apps.

    The same failure to paste occurs with the touch commands and mouse commands.

    Update: I can paste to the subject line of the mail app - but not the body of the email.
     
    DL91, Feb 8, 2017
    #3
  4. dalchina New Member

    Can a universal app be started via keyboard shortcut or command line

    You could do this:

    Can a universal app be started via keyboard shortcut or command line [​IMG]

    - drag a shortcut off the start menu and assign a keyboard shortcut.

    Command line: see
    How to start Microsoft Photos from command line?
    for an example

    Go here in file explorer
    %appdata%\..\local\Packages
    and you will see a list of others, including Weather
     
    dalchina, Feb 8, 2017
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  5. Very useful information. Thank you very much.
     
    Bob Coleman, Feb 9, 2017
    #5
  6. I note though that the dragged shortcut seems to work only if on the desktop.
     
    Bob Coleman, Feb 9, 2017
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  7. dalchina New Member
    Given you know the command, you should be able to put that in a script and use Autohotkey to assign a shortcut, for example..
    There's probably a simpler way...
     
    dalchina, Feb 9, 2017
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  8. Can a universal app be started via keyboard shortcut or command line

    Yes, thanks again. I'm using AutoIt rather than Autohotkey, but somewhat the same idea.
     
    Bob Coleman, Feb 9, 2017
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  9. For whatever value it might possibly be to anybody in the future, the above relative to command line boils down to create a command such as

    explorer.exe shell:appsFolder\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App


    for Photos or

    explorer.exe shell:appsFolder\Microsoft.BingWeather_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App

    for Weather where the green part is obtained from

    %appdata%\..\local\Packages

    The new information here is that for Microsoft Edge, the part after the exclamation point has to be MicrosoftEdge rather than App.

    I eventually figured this out by examining the dragged shortcuts.
     
    Bob Coleman, Feb 10, 2017
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  10. dalchina New Member
    Great-that's a useful understanding. Note there are no parameters for these, of course.
     
    dalchina, Apr 5, 2018
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