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The Metro/Modern UI apps are stored in %ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps, except there isn't one for the Desktop tile.
Where is this one, is it a special case somehow - where is the manifest / XML that describes this tile?
Paul
Posted 2012-10-23T01:30:03.473
Reputation: 52 173
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I used Process Monitor to watch what happened when I moved the Desktop tile on the Start screen, and discovered some writing to the following file:
%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\appsFolder.itemdata-ms
There's a lot of interesting stuff in %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\WinX as well.
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The Desktop tile is a link stored in
%programdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
The Filename is
desktop.lnk
The Windows App Store link (store.lnk) is stored there, too.
Ulrich H. Thomas
Posted 2012-10-23T01:30:03.473
Reputation: 11
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The Desktop is not an app, it is explorer.exe, an integral part of the OS.
It is located in the C:\Windows folder
Moab
Posted 2012-10-23T01:30:03.473
Reputation: 54 203
1Thanks Moab - it has a tile however, so there must be a manifest that describes the tile somewhere? – Paul – 2012-10-23T01:47:21.033
Possibly, but it could be buried in the explorer exe itself or called by the exe. There is an "AppRepository" folder located at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows, but is permission locked. – Moab – 2012-10-23T03:02:42.160
Hmmm. Doesn't seem to be in there either. – Paul – 2012-10-23T03:06:53.210