Windows

[fbio]

Tell me if there's any way to launch software applications from Windows. Process.Start(path) does not work as does the exe-fill double click

[Bogopo]

We need to use the method. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh706903.aspx ♪ Activation code (using interop):

public enum ActivateOptions
{
    None = 0x00000000,  // No flags set
    DesignMode = 0x00000001,  // The application is being activated for design mode, and thus will not be able to
    // to create an immersive window. Window creation must be done by design tools which
    // load the necessary components by communicating with a designer-specified service on
    // the site chain established on the activation manager.  The splash screen normally
    // shown when an application is activated will also not appear.  Most activations
    // will not use this flag.
    NoErrorUI = 0x00000002,  // Do not show an error dialog if the app fails to activate.                                
    NoSplashScreen = 0x00000004,  // Do not show the splash screen when activating the app.
}
[ComImport, Guid("2e941141-7f97-4756-ba1d-9decde894a3d"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]

interface IApplicationActivationManager

{

// Activates the specified immersive application for the "Launch" contract, passing the provided arguments

// string into the application.  Callers can obtain the process Id of the application instance fulfilling this contract.

IntPtr ActivateApplication([In] String appUserModelId, [In] String arguments, [In] ActivateOptions options, [Out] out UInt32 processId);

IntPtr ActivateForFile([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr /IShellItemArray / itemArray, [In] String verb, [Out] out UInt32 processId);

IntPtr ActivateForProtocol([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr / IShellItemArray* */itemArray, [Out] out UInt32 processId);

}
[ComImport, Guid("45BA127D-10A8-46EA-8AB7-56EA9078943C")]//Application Activation Manager

class ApplicationActivationManager : IApplicationActivationManager

{

[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)/, PreserveSig/]

public extern IntPtr ActivateApplication([In] String appUserModelId, [In] String arguments, [In] ActivateOptions options, [Out] out UInt32 processId);

[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)]

public extern IntPtr ActivateForFile([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr /IShellItemArray / itemArray, [In] String verb, [Out] out UInt32 processId);

[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)]

public extern IntPtr ActivateForProtocol([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr / IShellItemArray* */itemArray, [Out] out UInt32 processId);

}
class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

ApplicationActivationManager appActiveManager = new ApplicationActivationManager();//Class not registered

uint pid;

appActiveManager.ActivateApplication("2c123c17-8b21-4eb8-8b7f-fdc35c8b7718_n2533ggrncqjt!App", null, ActivateOptions.None, out pid);

Console.WriteLine();

Console.ReadLine();

}

}

The first and main parameters are the annex identifier. It can be found from the registry:

Explanation https://stackoverflow.com/a/12927313/1985167 from enSO.