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Update Launching the command line programs with the Microsoft Store variant

Moritz Bunkus 2023-12-25 09:22:44 +00:00
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Launching-the-command-line-programs-with-the-Microsoft-Store-variant.md

@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Windows Apps are installed into the directory `C:\Program Files\WindowsApps` (on
This is where the meta data such as the App manifest is stored as well as the program files themselves in the `mkvtoolnix` sub-directory.
However, the whole App installation directory tree `C:\Program Files\WindowsApps` is not directly accessible to users. Instead each App can declare its executables via so-called "application aliases". For each alias Windows creates a dummy exe in the directory `C:\Users\<your username>\AppDat\Local\WindowsApps`. That folder is in your `PATH` environment variable and therefore executable.
However, the whole App installation directory tree `C:\Program Files\WindowsApps` is not directly accessible to users. Instead each App can declare its executables via so-called "application aliases". For each alias Windows creates a dummy exe in the directory `C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\WindowsApps`. That folder is in your `PATH` environment variable and therefore executable.
If you don't want to have those application aliases active, you can turn them off in the Windows 10 Settings → "Apps" → "Apps & Features" → "App execution aliases".