Q:

How to assign a protocol to my metro app (Win8.1)

I developed an app in Visual Studio 2012 and I want to give it a name for open it or launching from webBrowsers or Shortcuts created in my desktop like next examples:

Music app: microsoftmusic:///
News app: bingnews:///
Video app: microsoftvideo:///

how to do get a name like all these
thanks for the support

A:

Here is a walk-through of how to add protocol activation to your app:
How to Handle URI Activation (HTML Apps)
How to Handle URL Activation (C#, VB, and C++ Apps)
Add the protocol in your app manifest and then write the code to handle activation from that protocol.

