AppUserModelID & Disappearing Shortcuts in Windows 8
If you have a package which contains multiple shortcuts to the same executable (but different arguments), then you'll most likely find that most of the shortcuts (except one) will be hidden from the Windows 8 Start Screen, and won't even appear under "All Apps". This package is authored correctly and fully ICE validated. This package creates 10 shortcuts, yet only one of the shortcuts which has a target of "Loader32.exe" is showing. Take a look at the screenshot of the relevant program group as showin in the Windows 8 Start Screen Below. All the rest of the shortcuts that have the same target of "Loader32.exe" are hidden. This is evident, if I right click any of the three shortcuts above and click on "Open File Location" to reveal the path of where the shortcut physically exists. See the Windows Explorer (aka File Explorer as it's now called in Windows 8) screenshot below: The issue is to do with needin