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@@ -79,11 +79,6 @@ Start Menu. This can be overkill during development, so adding
trick. Navigate to the file in Explorer, right-click and 'Pin to Start Menu'.
You will then need to add the line `app.setAppUserModelId(process.execPath)` to
your main process to see notifications.
* On Windows 8.1 and Windows 8, a shortcut to your app with an [Application User
Model ID][app-user-model-id] must be installed to the Start screen. Note,
however, that it does not need to be pinned to the Start screen.
* On Windows 7, notifications work via a custom implementation which visually
resembles the native one on newer systems.
Electron attempts to automate the work around the Application User Model ID. When
Electron is used together with the installation and update framework Squirrel,
@@ -92,12 +87,6 @@ Electron will detect that Squirrel was used and will automatically call
`app.setAppUserModelId()` with the correct value. During development, you may have
to call [`app.setAppUserModelId()`][set-app-user-model-id] yourself.
Furthermore, in Windows 8, the maximum length for the notification body is 250
characters, with the Windows team recommending that notifications should be kept
to 200 characters. That said, that limitation has been removed in Windows 10, with
the Windows team asking developers to be reasonable. Attempting to send gigantic
amounts of text to the API (thousands of characters) might result in instability.
#### Advanced Notifications
Later versions of Windows allow for advanced notifications, with custom templates,