The best thing about the Microsoft store is that it makes installing and uninstall apps easy and clutter free. Additionally, all of the apps automatically update in the background so that you simply no longer need to cope with the individual update or upgrade prompts. Windows will take care of all that stuff in the background.

One thing that you cannot do with store apps is that you cannot create desktop shortcuts using drag and drop or the shortcut creation wizard. At the very least, it is not that obvious at first glance. However, using a little trick you can actually create store app shortcut in Windows 10. You are able to also use these shortcuts to add store apps to Windows 10 startup.

Allow me to show you how you can create desktop shortcut for any store app in Windows 10.

Desktop Shortcut for Store Apps

The trick to creating the desktop shortcut for store apps is to make use of the hidden Applications shell folder located in the Windows installation drive (C drive). Here's how.

1. First, we need to open the Applications shell folder. For that press Win + R, type shell:AppsFolder and click on the "Ok" button.

2. Within the Applications folder, you will see shortcuts for all the apps including your regular win32 applications and store apps.

3. To create a shortcut, simply find the application and drag and drop it in your desktop. To quickly find the app you are looking for, you are able to use the search bar appearing on the upper right corner from the File Explorer.

Done!

Alternative Method to Create Store App Shortcut

This method is much easier but it is not obvious at first glance.

1. To create a store app desktop shortcut, the target app should first be pinned to the start menu. If you don't possess the app pinned to the start menu, search for the app in the start menu, right-click on it and select the option "Pin to start"

2. Once it is pinned, simply drag and drop it around the desktop to produce the desktop shortcut.

That is it. It's that simple to produce a shortcut for any store app in Windows 10.

Assign Keyboard shortcut

After creating the shortcut of your favorite store app, you are able to assign any keyboard shortcut you would like for quick launch. To assign a keyboard shortcut, right-click on the shortcut and select "Properties"

In the Properties window, select "Shortcut Key" field and press the laptop keyboard shortcut you would like assign. In my case, I'm assigning the Shift + Alt + O to launch Onenote.

Click on the "Apply" and"Ok" button to save changes.

Hope that helps.