Win10 Tips: Register UWP Edition File Explorer

The UWP version of the file explorer has been added to the Win10 RS2 preview, but the current version is still in its early form and has limited functionality. Microsoft didn't want to let this app show up now, but for the majority of fans, it's the biggest fun to find out the lurking system in the system. This time we will introduce how to register the application in the system. After success, you can see it in the program list in the start menu.

The specific method is as follows:

1. Locate the following location in the classic file explorer (as shown below):

C:\\Windows\\SystemApps \\Microsoft.Windows.FileExplorer_cw5n1h2txyewy

2. In the top left corner of the file, select “Open Windows PowerShell→Open Windows PowerShell as an administrator, as shown below ——

3. Run the following command in sequence:

takeown /F .\\AppxManifest.xml

icacls .\\AppxManifest.xml /reset

4, do not close PowerShell, use Notepad to open the AppxManifest.xml file in the first step, as shown below ——

▲ Of course, if you have notepad++ and other coding tools There is no need to use Notepad, but for the purposes of this article, whichever is almost

5, find AppListEntry="none" and delete, save the file and exit Notepad

6. Go to Settings → Updates & Security → For Developers, select “Developer Mode" If you have enabled this mode, switch to another mode first. Then switch back to developer mode, as shown below ——

▲Although there may be a reboot prompt here, as far as the content of this article is concerned, no restart will not affect the subsequent steps.

7. Run the following command in PowerShell:

Add-AppxPackage -Register .\\AppxManifest.xml -DisableDevelopmentMode

After running the above command successfully After the registration is completed, you can find the “File Explorer” project in the Start menu, as shown above.