The Microsoft Store app comes built into Windows and allows you to download and install dozens of apps and games. It’s possible to open any Microsoft Store app from Command Prompt , Run dialog box or PowerShell. You can also easily add any Microsoft Store application to the Windows Right Click (Context) Menu. But, to be able to do that, you need to know the app’s Package Family Name and App ID. A Package Family Name is an opaque string derived from only two parts of a package identity – name and publisher:
< Name >_< PublisherId >
For example, the Package Family Name of the Windows Photos app is :
“Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe”
Name : Microsoft.Windows.Photos
Publisher ID : 8wekyb3d8bbwe
There are many ways to find your app’s unique Package Family Name and App User Model ID :
1. You can use a powershell script.
2. You can find the AUMID by using File Explorer.
3. You can use the registry to find out the AUMID of an application that is installed for the current user.
See the related microsoft article for details on the above topics. But none of the above methods will give you the direct code for the execution of a store application. For this reason, we have coded a simple application called: Store Apps Tool.
What is New (Monday, September 11 2023)
1. [Fixed] – A small bug in the About screen
2. [Fixed] – The clipboard is not cleared if there is no location in the listed items
3. [Fixed] – When add a listed Item to the context menu, The settings window jumps to 2. Item
4. [Added] – Store Apps icons have been added
How to use Store Apps Tool
1. Download the software from the link at the end of the page and run the exe file that matches the architecture of your operating system.
2. For example, let’s run the Windows Alarm & Clock application with the command, right click on the “Alarm & Clock” in the software interface and click on “Copy Command“, that’s all.
Where to use the execution codes of the Microsoft Store
You can use the following code, which has been copied to your clipboard , in different ways.
Explorer.exe “Shell:Appsfolder\Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App”
1. You can use this code in the Run dialog box or in the Cmd and Powershell console to launch the appropriate Store application.
2. You can use this code to create a shortcut that automatically launches the Microsoft Store application when the system starts.
3. The code can also be used to add the app to your right click (context) menu.
4. With the help of scheduled tasks, related code can be executed at specific times of the day.
5. You can use the code inside a script too.
How to add a Store app to your desktop context menu
There are two different ways to do this ;
1. To make multiple selections from the list in the software interface, press Ctrl on your keyboard and select the Store apps you want to add to your desktop context menu, then right click on one of them and choose Add to desktop Context menu.
2. You can use the Desktop Context Menu Options button (3rd) at the top of the software.
a) Select Item Name in the context menu and click Install button.
b) You can change Main or Sub context menu Icon.
In the Options menu, you can click on “Save your settings“. This will save all the settings you have made.
You can restore your saved settings by selecting “Load your settings” from the same menu.
Functions of the software interface buttons
The first button on the interface opens the “Applications” folder, which is the folder containing the Microsoft store applications. The second button will open the Microsoft Store app and the third button Opens the “Desktop Context Menu Options” Window. fourth button will refresh the list. The last button is the “Info” button.
Please , make sure that the “Add explorer.exe to command” option in the Options menu is selected so that the copied code will work properly in the cmd and powershell consoles.
If you right click on any store app in the list, you can create an application shortcut using the “Create Shortcut” menu, or you can choose to create a bat or vbscript file .
Store Apps Tool is a Portable Freeware Application. To uninstall the software, simply right click and choose delete.
Supported operating systems: Windows 11 , Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 8
Supported languages: English , Turkish , German , Portuguese (Brazil) , Korean , French , Russian , Persian , Italian , Spanish , Hebrew , Chinese (Simplified) , Dutch
File: StoreAT_x64.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 81e3e5c0adf99f88ba829afbbb0e0ed7
SHA1: 80b5a5a1c39c21c14dd0b84aed1cb0dcf43aeacb
File: StoreAT.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 35f53460e57313bab00136208553baac
SHA1: c48aba9189e75de2a42cbc64a3b8b7e0c5afe9cf
You can start your image file normally. For example, you can type your image file directly in the CMD screen and run it.
"C:\Example.png"
or
start "" "C:\Example.png"
Of course you can also use the old image viewer. If you add quotation marks in the image locations, the command will not work.
%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Photo Viewer\PhotoViewer.dll", ImageView_Fullscreen C:\Example.png
Is there any way to open e.g. Windows Photos with a file directly like shell:command "%1"
You can re-install using one of the Download buttons in the software below or by downloading it from Microsoft.
(Вы можете переустановить программу, воспользовавшись одной из кнопок загрузки, расположенных ниже, или загрузив ее с сайта Microsoft.)
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Very good app, but the trouble is that I deleted Microsoft Store. Can I get it back using this app? If it is possible, how?
(очень хорошее приложение, но беда в том что я удалил Microsoft Store . Можно его вернуть с помощью этого приложения? Если можно, то как?)
After installing the application, refresh the list with the F5 key 🙂
If your notepad has been remover please install it first then follow these steps
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Hmm, how to add notepad ? I have it installed but it doesn’t show up on my list
Spanish language has been added , thank you
Add spanish
Thanks
This is a very useful program. Thanks to the producers of this program
Hi, We prepared the icons ourselves as 16px, we will share them with the new version that will be released soon.
Where can I find these original icons on my Windows 11 (the same as in the photo)? Shell32 doesn’t have them.
Want a program to set file associations
Very good.
Thank you.
Thank you
It’s a very good program. Thanks for sharing.