Handling the Activated Event

The activated event is raised when a Windows Store app is activated (started). A Windows Store app can be activated in several different ways, and you can use the ActivationKind property to determine exactly how the app was activated:

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WinJS.Application.addEventListener("activated", function (evt) {    var activationKind = Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.ActivationKind;    switch (evt.detail.kind) {        case activationKind.launch:            console.log("Launched from a tile");            break;        case activationKind.search:            console.log("Activated from a search");            break;        default:            console.log("Activated for some other reason");    }}); ...

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