Electron.js: Get installed apps and open them

Asked Jun 09 '21 at 15:19

Active Jun 10 '21 at 17:40

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I want to do get downloaded apps and their information on computer (cross platform) with electronjs (nodejs). How can i get apps and how can i open them?

For example:

const installedApps = thisFunctionShouldReturnInstalledApps()

console.log(installedApps)

/* 
[
  "Firefox",
  "Visual Studio Code",
  "Slack",
  "Bitwarden",
  "Notion",
  "Mailspring",
  ...
]
*/

thisFunctionShouldOpenApp(installedApps[1]) // Open Visual Studio Code

Thanks you.

edited Jun 10 '21 at 17:40

asked Jun 09 '21 at 15:19

dotslashroot

Your question is vague. – spring Jun 09 '21 at 17:43
I am sorry. I updated the question. Maybe it now more understandable @spring – dotslashroot Jun 10 '21 at 17:42
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Basically what he wants to do is to open a program from Electron.js by using the Electron/Node.js API. I don't see anything vague here. – michaelgrigoryan25 Jun 10 '21 at 17:52
Does this answer your question? [Launch an external application from node.js](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17733849/launch-an-external-application-from-node-js) – michaelgrigoryan25 Jun 10 '21 at 17:55
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Not really. Okay now we can open app. But sametime i want to get list of installed apps. (And open them with what you said) – dotslashroot Jun 12 '21 at 13:46

Electron.js: Get installed apps and open them

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