How to create a shortcut for games from the microsoft store

Question

I'm trying to make a shortcut for minecraft so that my PC can detect it, I use alienware and it wont detect the game so that I can assign a power option and color to it. Is there a way to make a desktop shortcut for minecraft and other microsoft store games? Or is buying the java edition the only way.

Answer 1

Hi,
For computer or laptop that is running windows 10 operating system, users could create desktop short of windows store app with following steps.

Take app "remote desktop" as example:

1. Search and install remote desktop with orange icon.
2. Press the Win + R keys together on your keyboard to open the Run dialog and type shell:AppsFolder in the run box.
3. Navigate to the application that you would like to create short, right click--->Create a shortcut and you will get warning of creating desktop shortcut instead.
   

Or you could simply drag it from the start menu.

If the common methods did not work for Minecraft, you could seek assistance from Minecraft support:
https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us

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Hope this helps and please help to accept as Answer if the response is useful.

Thanks,
Jenny