Launch an app with a URI
This section describes how to use a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to launch one app from another app, enabling helpful app-to-app scenarios.
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Launch the default app for a URI | Learn how to launch the default app for a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). URIs allow you to launch another app to perform a specific task. This topic also provides an overview of the many URI schemes built into Windows. |
| Handle URI activation | Learn how to register an app to become the default handler for a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme name. |
| Launch an app for results | Learn how to launch an app from another app and exchange data between the two. This is called launching an app for results. |
| Choose and save tones using the ms-tonepicker URI scheme | This topic describes the ms-tonepicker URI scheme and how to use it to display a tone picker to select a tone, save a tone, and get the friendly name for a tone. |
| Launch the Windows Settings app | Learn how to launch the Windows Settings app from your app. This topic describes the ms-settings URI scheme. Use this URI scheme to launch the Windows Settings app to specific settings pages. |
| Launch the UWP app | This topic describes the ms-windows-store URI scheme. Your app can use this URI scheme to launch the UWP app to specific pages in the Store. |
| Launch the Windows Maps app | Learn how to launch the Windows Maps app from your app. |
| Launch the People app | This topic describes the ms-people URI scheme. Your app can use this URI scheme to launch the People app for specific actions. |
| Launch screen snipping | Learn how to use URI schemes to open a new snip, or to open the Snip & Sketch app. |
| Enable apps for websites using app URI handlers | Drive user engagement with your app by supporting the Apps for Websites feature. |