Windows tips, howtos, scripts
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this post describes how to start a Windows App from command line. Windows Apps cannot be started by calling the exe file in the C:\program files\WindowsApps\xxx folder. This can/must be done my using the explorer.exe.
The Syntax is
C:\> explorer.exe shell:appsFolder\%PackageFamilyNameOfTheApp%!%AppId%
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the store itself does not have an option to download appx packages directly from the Windows store.
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this script can be used to check if excel contains some active code. It opens the excel file in an safe way and looks for VB content and write the full file path to the console if macros are found.
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Windows has two command line utilities to alter the application associated with a file extension.
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short post today. Topic: convert a hex string to an integer type.
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