Class AppAlias

Contains control logic for applying AppAlias on Windows systems.

public static class AppAlias

Inherited Members: object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Fields

The HKCU/HKLM registry key for storing application lookup paths.

public const string RegKeyAppPaths = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App Paths"

Creates an application alias in the current system.

public static void Create(FeedTarget target, string? command, string aliasName, IIconStore iconStore, bool machineWide)

target FeedTarget: The application being integrated.
command string: The command within target the alias shall point to; can be null.
aliasName string: The name of the alias to be created.
iconStore IIconStore: Stores icon files downloaded from the web as local files.
machineWide bool: Create the alias machine-wide instead of just for the current user.

OperationCanceledException: The user canceled the task.
IOException: A problem occurred while writing to the filesystem or registry.
WebException: A problem occurred while downloading additional data (such as icons).
UnauthorizedAccessException: Write access to the filesystem or registry is not permitted.

Returns the path of the directory used to store alias stub EXEs.

public static string GetStubDir(bool machineWide)

machineWide bool: true for a machine-wide directory; false for a directory just for the current user.

Removes an application alias from the current system.

public static void Remove(string aliasName, bool machineWide)

aliasName string: The name of the alias to be removed.
machineWide bool: The alias was created machine-wide instead of just for the current user.

IOException: A problem occurred while writing to the filesystem or registry.
UnauthorizedAccessException: Write access to the filesystem or registry is not permitted.