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Creating a shortcut for Windows native app

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CarlosTorch:
I've been trying to create an icon in my launcher for the WhatsApp Windows app, with no avail.
Seems to work fine for .exe's only. Am I missing something?

Thanks

KodeZwerg:
I neither have WhatsApp nor LBC installed but to find out what .exe is getting executed when you run an application, with its path to find it on your local system, I'd suggest to install process hacker from sourceforge.
(Just one of dozens possibilities...)

Ath:
Probably, you need this information to get that working: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=50992.0

CarlosTorch:
The link did help.

I wish it wasn't so complicated.

Thanks for your help guys

ConstanceJill:
Hello there.
After you started the app you want to make a shortcut to, it should be fairly easy to find the executable in the "Details" tab of your task manager, then right-click it and choose "Open file location" — it may not be the exact wording as my Windows is in french language, but should be something to that effect.

On the virtual machine I just tested it from, after installing WhatsApp from the store today, doing that on the "WhatsApp.exe" line opened the following folder: "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\5319275A.WhatsAppDesktop_2.2327.6.0_x64__cv1g1gvanyjgm", but I suppose the path may vary from a machine to another, or maybe depending on which version of the app it is.

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