Run UWP app from command line

StartUWPFromCommandLine.ps1

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$code = @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace StoreAppRunner 
{
    public enum ActivateOptions
    {
        None = 0,
        DesignMode = 0x1,
        NoErrorUI = 0x2,
        NoSplashScreen = 0x4
    }

    [ComImport]
    [Guid("2e941141-7f97-4756-ba1d-9decde894a3d")]
    [InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
    public interface IApplicationActivationManager
    {
        IntPtr ActivateApplication([In] String appUserModelId, [In] String arguments, [In] ActivateOptions options, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
        IntPtr ActivateForFile([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr itemArray, [In] String verb, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
        IntPtr ActivateForProtocol([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr itemArray, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
    }
    [ComImport]
    [Guid("45BA127D-10A8-46EA-8AB7-56EA9078943C")]
    public class ApplicationActivationManager : IApplicationActivationManager
    {
        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)]
        public extern IntPtr ActivateApplication([In] String appUserModelId, [In] String arguments, [In] ActivateOptions options, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)]
        public extern IntPtr ActivateForFile([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr itemArray, [In] String verb, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)]
        public extern IntPtr ActivateForProtocol([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr itemArray, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
    }
}
"@

function Uninstall-App {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
        [string] $ID <# package.appxmanifest//Identity@name #>
    )

    $package = Get-AppxPackage $ID

    if($package) {
        Remove-AppxPackage $package.PackageFullName
    }
}

#
# Checks whether the machine is missing a valid developer license.
#
function CheckIfNeedDeveloperLicense
{
    $Result = $true
    try
    {
        $Result = (Get-WindowsDeveloperLicense | Where-Object { $_.IsValid }).Count -eq 0
    }
    catch {}

    return $Result
}

#
# Checks whether the package certificate must be installed on the machine.
#
function CheckIfNeedInstallCertificate
{
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
        [string] $ScriptDir <# Full path to the dir where Add-AppDevPackage.ps1 is stored #>
    )

    $PackagePath = Get-ChildItem (Join-Path $ScriptDir "*.appx") | Where-Object { $_.Mode -NotMatch "d" }
    $BundlePath = Get-ChildItem (Join-Path $ScriptDir "*.appxbundle") | Where-Object { $_.Mode -NotMatch "d" }
    # There must be exactly 1 package/bundle
    if (($PackagePath.Count + $BundlePath.Count) -lt 1)
    {
        Throw "The app package has not been found at dir $ScriptDir"
    }
    if (($PackagePath.Count + $BundlePath.Count) -gt 1)
    {
        Throw "To many app packages have been found at dir $ScriptDir"
    }

    if ($PackagePath.Count -ne 1) # there is *.appxbundle
    {
        $PackagePath = $BundlePath
    }

    $PackageSignature = (Get-AuthenticodeSignature $PackagePath)
    $Valid = ($PackageSignature -and $PackageSignature.Status -eq "Valid")
    return (-not $Valid)
}

function Install-App {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
        [string] $Path <# Full path to Add-AppDevPackage.ps1 #>
    )
    if ((CheckIfNeedDeveloperLicense) -or (CheckIfNeedInstallCertificate (Join-Path $Path "..")))
    {
        # we can't run the script with -force param if license/certificate installation step is required
        Invoke-Expression ("& `"$Path`"")
    }
    else
    {
        Invoke-Expression ("& `"$Path`" -force")
    }
}

function Install-AppFromDirectory {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
        [string] $Path <# Full path to actual AppxManifest.xml #>
    )
    
    Add-AppxPackage -Path $Path -Register -ForceApplicationShutdown
}

function Install-AppFromAppx {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
        [string] $Path <# Full path to actual .appx #>
    )

    Add-AppxPackage -Path $Path -ForceApplicationShutdown
}

function Start-Locally {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
        [string] $ID <# package.appxmanifest//Identity@name #>
    )

    $package = Get-AppxPackage $ID
    $manifest = Get-appxpackagemanifest $package
    $applicationUserModelId = $package.PackageFamilyName + "!" + $manifest.package.applications.application.id

    Write-Host "ActivateApplication: " $applicationUserModelId

    add-type -TypeDefinition $code
    $appActivator = new-object StoreAppRunner.ApplicationActivationManager
    $appActivator.ActivateApplication($applicationUserModelId,$null,[StoreAppRunner.ActivateOptions]::None,[ref]0) | Out-Null
}

Instructions:

1. Open PowerShell
2. Import-Module StartUWPFromCommandLine.ps1
3. Start-Locally -ID