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Christopher Painter
Christopher Painter

Reputation: 55601

Action Center Toast Notification without Shortcut

I've created a custom C#/WPF application that can send toast notifications that has an activator that can handle activation. I'm using WiX to deploy the solution and create a shortcut with ShortcutProperty elements for System.AppUserModel.ID and System.AppUserModel.ToastActivatorCLSID.

Everything works perfectly as expected but I wonder one thing. Is it possible to register the ToastActivator without creating a shortcut? This program is going to be used on an internal enterprise network and I don't intend for it to have any UI. It'll be launched by the Task Scheduler, check a web service and send toast messages to the user when they apply.

If I must have a shortcut, the best UX I can think of is to just diplay an about dialog and exit.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 850

Answers (1)

Tim Cadenbach
Tim Cadenbach

Reputation: 1565

Based on the Application Model Microsoft has, any UWP feature like notification center, toasts etc can only be done by a registered application.

An application is "registered" when its added to the start menu with a link.

There has to be a valid shortcut with a System.AppUserModel.Id otherwise all the new win10 features do not work.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/quickstart-sending-desktop-toast

Upvotes: 3

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