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Protocol URIs (deep links)

Protocol URI are used to provide a means for apps to start other apps. An example of protocol URIs being used can be found in the url (ms-windows-store://) used to activate the store on the page for a certain app. Protocol URIs are also know as deep links or launch URIs. Info on how to implement them into your uwp app can be found here.

System apps:

The following list shows a complete list of deep links as of 10.0.19041.6630 (xb_flt_2103vb.210210-0000). These were dumped by pulling all of the appx manifests accessible to a custom admin account in dev mode and then parsing all of them to get the protocol URIs.

Package Family Name URI
Xbox.Guide guide://
Microsoft.XboxEvents xbox-events://
Xbox.Dashboard xbox-gamehub://
Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge http://
Xbox.Dashboard achievements://
Xbox.Dashboard ms-xbox-achievements://
Microsoft.Xbox.Settings kinecttuner://
Xbox.Dashboard ms-xbox-gamedvr2://
Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge https://
Microsoft.Xbox.LiveTV ms-xbl-162615ad://
Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge ms-xbl-3d8b930f://
XdashLauncher ms-xdash://
Xbox.Dashboard social://
Microsoft.WindowsStore zune://
Xbox.SingleUserProxy xsingleuserproxy://
Xbox.Dashboard gamedvr2://
Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge read://
Microsoft.XboxDevices xboxaccessories://
XdashLauncher ms-subscription://
Xbox.NetworkTroubleshooter networktroubleshooter://
Microsoft.Xbox.Settings ms-settings://
Microsoft.Xbox.DevHome ms-xbl-1c835833://
Microsoft.XboxCare ms-oobe://
Xbox.SignIn signin://
Microsoft.StorePurchaseApp ms-xbet-survey://
Microsoft.CloudExperienceHost ms-device-enrollment://
Microsoft.WindowsStore ms-windows-store2://
Xbox.BroadcastSetup xpositioningtcui://
Xbox.StorageManagement storagemanagement://
Microsoft.Microsoft.Xbox.AdsLauncher ms-ad-hwa://
Xbox.Dashboard ms-xbox-dashboard://
Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge microsoft-edge-holographic://
Microsoft.XboxDevices ms-xbl-2d34608b://
Microsoft.Xbox.Settings ms-xbl-6d83c5c3://
Xbox.Dashboard ms-xbl-achievements://
Xbox.EditorialHost editorialhost://
Microsoft.XboxCare xhelp://
Microsoft.Xbox.Settings settings://
Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge microsoft-edge://
Xbox.Dashboard ms-xbl-gamedvr2://
Microsoft.Xbox.LiveTV ms-xbox-livetv://
Microsoft.WindowsStore xboxmusic://
Xbox.Dashboard screenshots://
Microsoft.QuickBuy ms-xbox-quickbuy://
Xbox.VideoPlayer xpreviewkiosk://
Xbox.Dashboard xbox-club://
Microsoft.NTSCaptivePortal ntscaptiveportal://
XdashLauncher ms-survey://
Microsoft.Xbox.TvSettings ms-xbox-tvsettings://
Xbox.HDRGameCalibration hdrgamecalibration://
Xbox.Dashboard gameclips://
Xbox.IdleScreen idlescreen://
Microsoft.CloudExperienceHost ms-cxh://
Xbox.Dashboard ms-xbl-281d1c2f://
Xbox.TrialOverlay trialoverlay://
Xbox.SU systemupdatenew://
Microsoft.Xbox.OOBE oobe://
Xbox.VideoPlayer xpreview://
Microsoft.XboxCare ms-xcare://
Microsoft.WindowsStore microsoftmusic://
Microsoft.WindowsStore ms-windows-store://
Xbox.Dashboard library://
Microsoft.storify ms-windows-store://
Microsoft.WindowsStore microsoftvideo://
XdashLauncher ms-content-picker://
Microsoft.BlurayPlayer ms-xbl-6cded184://
Microsoft.BlurayPlayer blurayplayer://
Microsoft.BlurayPlayer dvdplayer://
Authors: tunip3