From 01f2225a4ba65d596d9ee3a6a2d499f99d306aa5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Moritz Bunkus Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2023 09:22:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update Launching the command line programs with the Microsoft Store variant --- ...he-command-line-programs-with-the-Microsoft-Store-variant.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Launching-the-command-line-programs-with-the-Microsoft-Store-variant.md b/Launching-the-command-line-programs-with-the-Microsoft-Store-variant.md index 3ce5ade..7cc11c4 100644 --- a/Launching-the-command-line-programs-with-the-Microsoft-Store-variant.md +++ b/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\\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\\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".