Acrobat 2020 – App Attach Testing and Troubleshooting

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Unregister Package (unload app)

Remove-AppxPackage AdobeAcrobat2020_20.1.30002.0_x64__1nrb0vh0kd882

 

Register Package (load app)

Add-AppxPackage -Path ‘C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\AdobeAcrobat2020_20.1.30002.0_x64__1nrb0vh0kd882\AppxManifest.xml’ -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register

 

Launch App

start shell:AppsFolder\AdobeAcrobat2020_1nrb0vh0kd882!ACROBAT

 

Create Desktop Shortcut

explorer.exe shell:AppsFolder\AdobeAcrobat2020_1nrb0vh0kd882!ACROBAT

 

 

Notes


Element Not Found

Check the Access Control Entry for each user; look for corrupted entries.


Resets ACE (Remove Corrupted Entries)

icacls “C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\AdobeAcrobat2020_20.1.30002.0_x64__1nrb0vh0kd882” /c /t /reset


Set Owner

icacls “C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\AdobeAcrobat2020_20.1.30002.0_x64__1nrb0vh0kd882” /setowner “Everyone” /T /C


Show Windows Apps

shell:AppsFolder


AppsFolders Defined

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions


Return FolderIDs and Name

$reg = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions'

gci $reg | select @{N='Folder ID';E={$_.pschildname}}, @{N='Name'; E={$_.GetValue('Name')}} | sort name |out-gridview