How do I open a Windows Store Applicaton in Windows 8 - windows

So I am used to programming windows forms applications. In desktop application I can open them by doing:
Dim p As New System.Diagnostics.Process
p.StartInfo.FileName = "notebook.exe"
p.Start()
If I want to open something like the weather app for Windows Store then this method does not work. Can someone direct me to resources on how I would accomplish this?


I'm not getting the point, you want to open metro application from other metro application? or from desktop application a metro application or a desktop application from metro application?


Take a look at IApplicationActivationManager::ActivateInstance. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh706902.aspx
if your goal is to support automatic testing then check this blog entry http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsappdev/archive/2012/09/04/automating-the-testing-of-windows-8-apps.aspx


Check if this answers your question # http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsdesktop/en-US/79092f3f-917d-41e5-a67f-c25e851bbb14/how-to-start-and-end-metro-applications-from-c-code

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