How to get Windows Store apps onto ObjectDock

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I'm wondering if there's an easy way to get apps downloaded from the Windows store, onto ObjectDock. Generally apps appear in the dock when you open the app, and you can pin them to the dock from there, but apps downloaded from the Windows store, Facebook Messenger for example, do not appear to work that way and they're stored in a hidden, inaccessible folder so you can't just create a link to them. Is there a work-around to this?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top


I'm wondering if there's an easy way to get apps downloaded from the Windows store, onto ObjectDock. Generally apps appear in the dock when you open the app, and you can pin them to the dock from there, but apps downloaded from the Windows store, Facebook Messenger for example, do not appear to work that way and they're stored in a hidden, inaccessible folder so you can't just create a link to them. Is there a work-around to this?

That is still the case with Modern (MS Store) Apps:

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Can you try that with Facebook Messenger? I'm hoping you have some insight into why that particular app will not appear in ObjectDock, because yeah, I'd do it that way if it appeared there.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting sboben, reply 3

Can you try that with Facebook Messenger? I'm hoping you have some insight into why that particular app will not appear in ObjectDock, because yeah, I'd do it that way if it appeared there.

Strangely, Messenger don't appear as running program on OD. So it can't be pin to OD. But it still can be pin to taskbar.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

To make a shortcut of Microsoft store go to start-all apps-then right click on the app-make shortcut to desktop.Then put it in a folder somewhere on your computer, you need to keep that shortcut,then drag onto the dock.This works with most of the apps.

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