In the beginning…

What about the other way…?

And finally…

Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new Uri("myapp:foo=1&bar=2"));

TaskURI Scheme Lock screen settingsms-settings-lock: and accountsms-settings- andaccounts: Location settingsms-settings-location: Search for apps by publisherzune:search?publisher=

var pdfFile = await StorageFile.GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(new Uri("ms-appdata:///Local/mydoc.pdf")); Launcher.LaunchFileAsync(pdfFile);

Source App Execution Manager Package Manager Launch by file: Foo.bar TokenID = 1234 Get handlers for ‘.bar’ Data Sharing Service Create file brokering token Target App Launch target with token Redeem token for file

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Launch URI: skype:call?

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