Shortcut to launch QuestPdf Companion 2026

[rallets]

Hi, with the new installer on Windows, it is pretty tricky to locate the path to generate a desktop shortcut.
Could the next version use a different approach? It took to me some time to figure out how to do it.
Thank you

Solution

The new msix installer installs the package in a secured, read-only directory (C:\Program Files\WindowsApps) and runs in a containerized environment.
A user cannot find the full path or navigate that folder (by design).

So, to obtain the fullpath, a user needs to run this powershell command:

Get-StartApps | Where-Object { $_.Name -like "questpdf" }

that outputs something like

Name               AppID
----               -----
QuestPDF Companion {6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}\questpdf_companion\questpdf_companion.exe
QuestPDF Companion com.flutter.questpdfcompanion_hhzhscs3vn2va!questpdfcompanion

then a shortcut can ben generated:

1. Right-click Desktop → New → Shortcut
2. Enter the command: explorer.exe shell:AppsFolder\com.flutter.questpdfcompanion_hhzhscs3vn2va!questpdfcompanion
3. Name it "QuestPDF Companion 2026"

or you can launch it directly:

Start-Process "shell:AppsFolder\com.flutter.questpdfcompanion_hhzhscs3vn2va!questpdfcompanion"