Launch UWP 'system' app (cloud experience host)

Question

I have enabled the GPO to bring up the Windows Hello for Business enrollment at user logon and it works fine.

However we have a lot of remote workers that log on 'offline' then connect to the domain over VPN.

I'm looking for a way to invoke the Whfb enrollment process via a script which I will run post VPN connection. I'm struggling to find a way to launch the UWP app (CloudExperienceHost) that controls the enrollment.

I've found the related protocol (ms-cxh:) but it just launches a blank screen so assum it needs some arguments.

I've seen a few PS scripts that talk about launching from the shell: protocol but I can't get these to work as they are more focused on standard user apps

I should be possible 'in-session' as we get an occasional random toast notification which will kick off the process. Triggering that would be fine as well

Answer 1

Hi,

Please open a CMD prompt and give the following commands a try:

Full Screen:

ms-cxh-full://nthaad

Windowed:

ms-cxh://nthaad

Hope it helps!

Best regards,

Richard

Answer 2

Hi，

See if this works

start shell:AppsFolder\YourAppFullName!App  

You may refer to this link
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/20e5814b-5abc-4111-9eab-67f88512da3c/how-to-start-a-universal-windows-app-uwp-from-powershell-in-windows-10?forum=win10itprogeneral

Best Regards，
Ian

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