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New Filebot Update Through Windows Store Broke Context Menus (Solved)

Posted: 20 Feb 2017, 18:37
by akk99d
Hi, I had referred to this thread and had the context menus working perfectly:
[Windows] Explorer Context Menu Integration for Scripts

I wanted to support the Filebot team, so I purchased the Filebot v4.7.7.0 through the Windows Store. However, when I purchased the app through Windows Store, the default installation directory

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C:\WindowsApps\Filebot
has permissions locked down like crazy.

After figuring that I can use Start Menu > Apps & Features > Filebot to move to the D: drive, the new dir is

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D:\WindowsApps\Filebot
This successfully mitigated all the problematic permissions and the context menus worked just as before. Here is a step-by-step for moving a Windows Store app:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/move-insta ... indows-10/

I needlessly complicated everything at first, but moving the Filebot install to the D: drive was the only required solution.

Just a PSA for those of you using context menus and purchasing/upgrading Filebot from Windows Store - Windows 10. Mods, feel free to move this thread as necessary.

Re: New Filebot Update Through Windows Store Broke Context Menus (Solved)

Posted: 20 Feb 2017, 18:47
by rednoah
The context menu just calls "filebot" so as long as it's in the %PATH% it doesn't matter where you have the application files. The Store locks application files because you're not supposed to access them directly.

So regardless of where the files are, there'll always be a link in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps which is in the %PATH% by default which means it'll always just work.

Re: New Filebot Update Through Windows Store Broke Context Menus (Solved)

Posted: 10 Nov 2022, 02:08
by rednoah