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What I want to achieve is: To run a third party Windows 10 Store App, after a user logged in into his Windows 10.

I've discovered already how to start “Bing News” Store app at start up after user logged in 3 steps. Thanks to instantfundas.

Shortly explained the 3 steps: 1: Locate in Windows Registry - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes[app-name] and check if it contains a “URL Protocol” in the format “URL:appname”. for example: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\bingnews

2: Create a Shortcut on the desktop to that app: %windir%\System32\cmd.exe /c start "" "App's URL Protocol name:" for example: %windir%\System32\cmd.exe /c start "" "bingnews:"

3: Copy the Shortcut into the startup folder: C:\Users{the user}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Unfortunately, the third party apps are not shown in this Windows Registry... *HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes*

I want to start the third party app Nu.nl

(I know about Kiosk mode, but this is not the solution I want to end up.)

Anybody any ideas?

klingu
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  • WIndows Store apps are stored on c:\\(user)\appdata\local\\(app folder), you can perfectly add to the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run an entry pointing to the .exe file of the app – Gusman Apr 04 '16 at 11:34
  • Store apps are located at: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps This location is hard to get permissions on... But when I do... I got the error that Apps must run inside a container... – klingu Apr 04 '16 at 11:47

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  • Open File Explorer
  • In the file address bar type shell:AppsFolder.
  • This will show all apps installed on your PC. Right click one of them and select "create Shortcut".
  • It will create a shortcut on the the desktop.
  • Finally copy the shortcut to the startup folder.
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    By the way, a quick way to access the startup folder : Press Win + R and type "shell:startup". – Ariane Apr 29 '17 at 15:33