# encoding: ascii
# api: csharp
# title: Launch Metro App w/ file
# description: This script can be run with PowerShell to launch a metro application against a file. It is really intended to be used from a batch file, which is embedded as a comment within the script.
# version: 1.0
# type: script
# author: Bob P
# license: CC0
# x-poshcode-id: 6479
# x-archived: 2016-08-21T07:19:19
# x-published: 2016-08-19T02:07:00
#
#
<#
Created by: Bob P
Version: 1.0
Date: 08/18/16
This script file is used to run a metro app from a command line (e.g. CMD)
Usage:
PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& '_path_to_this_file'" _execution_string _filename_
For example, if you:
* Save this file as c:\utils\Run4.ps1
* Want to launch Movies and TV
* Want that program to display a file at c:\users\user1\MyMovie.mp4, you would have this command line:
PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& 'c:\utils\Run4.ps1'" Microsoft.ZuneVideo_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.ZuneVideo c:\users\user1\MyMovie.mp4
Here is a batch file that will launch Movies & TV:
---- Start LaunchMovies.cmd
@echo off
if *%1*==** goto badArg
for %%F in (%1) do set Q='%%~fF'
PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& 'c:\utils\run4.ps1'" Microsoft.ZuneVideo_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.ZuneVideo %Q%
goto done
:badArg
echo Usage: %0 File-to-Play
goto done
:done
---- End LaunchMovies.cmd
Thanks to http://poshcode.org/3740 and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12925748/iapplicationactivationmanageractivateapplication-in-c/
#>
$code = @'
using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace StartMetroApp {
public enum ActivateOptions
{
None = 0x00000000, // No flags set
DesignMode = 0x00000001, // The application is being activated for design mode, and thus will not be able to
// to create an immersive window. Window creation must be done by design tools which
// load the necessary components by communicating with a designer-specified service on
// the site chain established on the activation manager. The splash screen normally
// shown when an application is activated will also not appear. Most activations
// will not use this flag.
NoErrorUI = 0x00000002, // Do not show an error dialog if the app fails to activate.
NoSplashScreen = 0x00000004, // Do not show the splash screen when activating the app.
}
[ComImport, Guid("2e941141-7f97-4756-ba1d-9decde894a3d"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
interface IApplicationActivationManager
{
// Activates the specified immersive application for the "Launch" contract, passing the provided arguments
// string into the application. Callers can obtain the process Id of the application instance fulfilling this contract.
IntPtr ActivateApplication([In] String appUserModelId, [In] String arguments, [In] ActivateOptions options, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
IntPtr ActivateForFile([In] String appUserModelId, [In] [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface, IidParameterIndex = 2)] /*IShellItemArray* */ IShellItemArray itemArray, [In] String verb, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
IntPtr ActivateForProtocol([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr /* IShellItemArray* */itemArray, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
}
[ComImport, Guid("45BA127D-10A8-46EA-8AB7-56EA9078943C")]//Application Activation Manager
public class ApplicationActivationManager : IApplicationActivationManager
{
[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)/*, PreserveSig*/]
public extern IntPtr ActivateApplication([In] String appUserModelId, [In] String arguments, [In] ActivateOptions options, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)]
public extern IntPtr ActivateForFile([In] String appUserModelId, [In] [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface, IidParameterIndex = 2)] /*IShellItemArray* */ IShellItemArray itemArray, [In] String verb, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)]
public extern IntPtr ActivateForProtocol([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr /* IShellItemArray* */itemArray, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
}
[ComImport]
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
[Guid("43826d1e-e718-42ee-bc55-a1e261c37bfe")]
public interface IShellItem
{
}
[ComImport]
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
[Guid("b63ea76d-1f85-456f-a19c-48159efa858b")]
public interface IShellItemArray
{
}
public static class MainProgram
{
[DllImport("shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, PreserveSig = false)]
private static extern void SHCreateItemFromParsingName(
[In] [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string pszPath,
[In] IntPtr pbc,
[In] [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] Guid iIdIShellItem,
[Out] [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface, IidParameterIndex = 2)] out IShellItem iShellItem);
[DllImport("shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, PreserveSig = false)]
private static extern void SHCreateShellItemArrayFromShellItem(
[In] [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface, IidParameterIndex = 2)] IShellItem psi,
[In] [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] Guid iIdIShellItem,
[Out] [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface, IidParameterIndex = 2)] out IShellItemArray iShellItemArray);
public static IShellItemArray GetShellItemArray(string sourceFile)
{
IShellItem item = GetShellItem(sourceFile);
IShellItemArray array = GetShellItemArray2(item);
return array;
}
public static IShellItem GetShellItem(string sourceFile)
{
IShellItem iShellItem = null;
Guid iIdIShellItem = new Guid("43826d1e-e718-42ee-bc55-a1e261c37bfe");
SHCreateItemFromParsingName(sourceFile, IntPtr.Zero, iIdIShellItem, out iShellItem);
return iShellItem;
}
public static IShellItemArray GetShellItemArray2(IShellItem shellItem)
{
IShellItemArray iShellItemArray = null;
Guid iIdIShellItemArray = new Guid("b63ea76d-1f85-456f-a19c-48159efa858b");
SHCreateShellItemArrayFromShellItem(shellItem, iIdIShellItemArray, out iShellItemArray);
return iShellItemArray;
}
public static void LaunchMetroProgram(string progID, string filePath) {
ApplicationActivationManager appActiveManager = new ApplicationActivationManager();
uint pid;
IShellItemArray array = GetShellItemArray(filePath);
appActiveManager.ActivateForFile(progID, array, "Open", out pid);
}
}
}
'@
add-type -TypeDefinition $code
[StartMetroApp.MainProgram]::LaunchMetroProgram($args[0], $args[1]);