Searching in local explorer via Robot Framework

Robot Framework
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Is it possible to search in the local explorer to open an uwp app? Or is there another way to do that?

Until now I tried this code:

*** Settings ***
| Library | AutoItLibrary

*** Test Cases ***
AutoIT UWP Test
Run    explorer.exe\ shell:appsFolder\PackageFamilyName!Id    ${EMPTY}     1
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Spawning shells and user folders is tricky. The thread from the shell may be a different user, so it won’t have (direct) access to the user-specific folders.

Now in your snippet, PackageFamilyName and Id will have to be hard-coded or made variable. If hard-coded, the script will more than likely only work on that particular machine since part of the name looks to be generated (like seen in the example here):
How to open UWP apps from the command line on Windows 10 (addictivetips.com)

Alternatively, you could see if this approach works for you:
How To Run UWP Apps On Startup On Windows 10 (addictivetips.com)

What you could also try is going with a SendKeys type of approach, where you send the Windows key, then the name of the app and Enter. That is probably very brittle though (and may not work to start with).

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Thank you for your response, but it didn’t worked for me.