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  1. Alia5 created this gist Sep 19, 2016.
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    public enum ActivateOptions
    {
    None = 0x00000000, // No flags set
    DesignMode = 0x00000001, // The application is being activated for design mode, and thus will not be able to
    // to create an immersive window. Window creation must be done by design tools which
    // load the necessary components by communicating with a designer-specified service on
    // the site chain established on the activation manager. The splash screen normally
    // shown when an application is activated will also not appear. Most activations
    // will not use this flag.
    NoErrorUI = 0x00000002, // Do not show an error dialog if the app fails to activate.
    NoSplashScreen = 0x00000004, // Do not show the splash screen when activating the app.
    }

    [ComImport, Guid("2e941141-7f97-4756-ba1d-9decde894a3d"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
    interface IApplicationActivationManager
    {
    // Activates the specified immersive application for the "Launch" contract, passing the provided arguments
    // string into the application. Callers can obtain the process Id of the application instance fulfilling this contract.
    IntPtr ActivateApplication([In] String appUserModelId, [In] String arguments, [In] ActivateOptions options, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
    IntPtr ActivateForFile([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr /*IShellItemArray* */ itemArray, [In] String verb, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
    IntPtr ActivateForProtocol([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr /* IShellItemArray* */itemArray, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
    }

    [ComImport, Guid("45BA127D-10A8-46EA-8AB7-56EA9078943C")]//Application Activation Manager
    class ApplicationActivationManager : IApplicationActivationManager
    {
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)/*, PreserveSig*/]
    public extern IntPtr ActivateApplication([In] String appUserModelId, [In] String arguments, [In] ActivateOptions options, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)]
    public extern IntPtr ActivateForFile([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr /*IShellItemArray* */ itemArray, [In] String verb, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)]
    public extern IntPtr ActivateForProtocol([In] String appUserModelId, [In] IntPtr /* IShellItemArray* */itemArray, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
    }


    static class Program
    {
    /// <summary>
    /// The main entry point for the application.
    /// </summary>
    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {

    ApplicationActivationManager appActiveManager = new ApplicationActivationManager();//Class not registered
    uint pid;
    appActiveManager.ActivateApplication("Microsoft.ApexPG_8wekyb3d8bbwe!forzamotorsportapex", null, ActivateOptions.None, out pid);

    //then check periodically if the PID still exists

    }
    }
    }