windowsapps 0.0.9

Windows Apps for python

windowsapps - Python library for managing installed applications on Windows

Installation

To install windowsapps from PyPi run:

pip install windowsapps

Usage

Getting all Installed Applicatons

import windowsapps

installed_applications = windowsapps.get_apps() 
#Gives Dictionary of Application names along with their AppID

Getting the Name, AppId for a particular application

import windowsapps

name, appid = windowsapps.find_app('APPLICATION NAME')
#searches for the APPLICATION NAME and returns:-
#name = Name of the application.
#appid = AppId of the application

Open an application

import windowsapps

windowsapps.open_app('APPLICATION NAME')
#Will search for the application APPLICATION NAME and open it.

Caveats

This module will works for all applications installed on the PC including Windows Store Applications. Works perfectly fine on Windows 10.