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hainproject / hain

An 'alt+space' launcher for Windows, built with Electron
http://hainproject.github.io/hain/
MIT License
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Add Support for Windows Universal Apps / Metro Apps #18

Open arcastro opened 8 years ago

arcastro commented 8 years ago

As a windows launcher, this should be able to launch Windows Universal Apps.

zacps commented 8 years ago

It can if they are listed in the start menu.

zizhengwu commented 8 years ago

It comes to me that some apps don't show up in hain though listed in the start menu. Besides, the current indexing seems to be pretty flawed that some files don't show up or the Fuzzy Matching doesn't really make sense.

appetizermonster commented 8 years ago

I haven't found any hint for how to search installed UWP apps.

michaeljota commented 8 years ago

Besides that, Universal App have English support in Hain, but there is not local support, so even if they show, you have to search for them by the English name, always.

BobSammers commented 7 years ago

I haven't found any hint for how to search installed UWP apps.

I think they are stored in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ Unfortunately, as well as being a hidden folder, the access rights don't even seem to allow an elevated (i.e. Administrator) user to view the contents.

This page has a technique which may or may not be applicable.

It points out that if you put shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1} in an explorer address bar, you get what appears to be a single folder with everything in the start menu, UWP or otherwise (including UWP items that don't usually show up in Hain).

As a workaround, I've dragged UWP items I'm interested in from the start menu into an indexed folder and Win 10 creates a normal shortcut which Hain can use.