I have successfully created desktop shortcut for my application (windows 8) but they show up on windows desktop (non-metro).
I would also like to have a shortcut on the metro desktop. Is it possible to do this within install4j add actions? And if not, how can I do it with a script and install4j?
Thank you,.
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My understanding is in visual studio, if i change my debug to 'Remote Machine' I should be able to build and deploy to my phone, and still be debugging it in visual studio.
However, I can't seem to find a guide on how to do this. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
I specifically have a windows 8 lumia 920 if it matters.
I have VS 2012 on Windows 8 Pro with the WP 8.0 SDK installed.
What project type are you using? It sounds like you may have been using one of the templates for Windows 8 (a Windows Store app), which have the Run dropdown options Simulator, Local Machine, and Remote Machine.
If you are developing for Windows Phone using one of the WP8 templates, the options that you should see in the Run dropdown are Device, Emulator WVGA 512MB, Emulator WVGA, Emulator WXGA, and Emulator 720P. To debug to your phone in Visual Studio, you need to select "Device" from that dropdown. Here is an article with a screenshot.
If you have a solution that contains both a Windows Store and a Windows Phone project in it, make sure that you right-click on the Windows Phone project and select "Set as Startup Project".
In the Windows 8 Start screen, I noticed that there is an Uninstall icon that appears at the bottom if you right-click on an app. For the apps that I developed, if I click on the Uninstall icon, it opens the "Programs and Features" dialog. Ideally it should instead directly launch my uninstaller. Does anyone know how to do that? Is there some registry key I need to set to associate Start Menu shortcuts with uninstallers?
I use various technologies to make my apps (e.g. Qt, C#, Visual Studio setup projects, NSIS). On Windows 7 and below, my installers put shortcuts in the Start Menu. On Windows 8, those shortcuts are displayed as a little square in the Start screen. So that shortcut is the object I am right-clicking on. Is there some way to add uninstall data to the shortcut file itself?
Tiles for desktop applications do not automatically uninstall like tiles for store applications. Choosing 'Uninstall' for a desktop applications tile launches the Add / Remove programs experience as you pointed out. This is by design.
What is the difference between Windows 8 Store App and Windows 8 Desktop Application. Can I use Javascript to create Windows 8 Desktop Application. I found an article from Intel which give some difference between these two applications. But it is not clear
Windows 8 Desktop Application
- You can download the softwares and install it . No Marketplace required
- Traditional development tools like C# , C++ , Winforms , WPF etc
Windows 8 Store App
- You can install it only via Windows Store and uploading the app to the store will undergo certification process.
- YOu can develop using XAML with C#/VB.NET/C++ , HTML/JavaSCript/CSS , Embarcadero Prism etc.
- Designed mainly for Touch
no you can't use javascript to write you own desktop program.
Here a simple overview about both type:
Windows 8 Desktop Application:
That just the basic program like notepad, MS Word, AutoCad...
Writing in the know language such as C++, C# ...
Windows 8 Store App
Here you create app in that new start menu. Click on the button in the start menu to open you own app. Here you can write the app also in html5/javascript.
Actually, you can sideload Windows RT apps too, which is useful for LOB apps. Take a look at the Windows RT Development guide -
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30703
Section titled "Installing developer packages on Windows RT outside the Windows Store" (Pg 19)
HTH
JavaScript can't be used to create a Desktop Application.
see ,desktop apps are those apps that required you to run Setup.exe file and were installed through a Pen drive or a CD or might be you got it from internet.
These apps run on operating system like Windows 7, Windows XP and gave you the full control on what you want to install and what not .
Windows 8 Metro apps are apps on your phone
This I am telling for real understanding.
You go to android store and download temple run for example.
The game is acceded from the online store and you have no discretion on it.similar way we have these metro apps
If you make deployment of your non-metro (old style) application you have basically two options:
put the shortcut to the main executable file in the start menu
(default and recommended by the guidelines for the Windows Logo)
put the shortcut to the main executable file on the desktop (optional).
There is no start menu in the Windows 8 RTM. How do I create a program's shortcut for the non-metro applications in the Windows 8?
For non-Store apps, if you specify the Start menu for an icon, it is added to the new Windows 8 Start Page. If you specify an app for the desktop, it will be added to the desktop.
I've installed a few of our applications on Windows 8 and I could confirm the shortcut in the Metro UI was created in here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
The problem is:
When I installed the applications in Audit mode, the shortcuts (the tile) in the Metro UI didn't show up for all the users created in the OOBE mode.
However, when I installed the applications in OOBE mode, the shortcuts always show up.
Does anyone know why?