That might sound a bit stupid but I can't get my head around on where netflix.exe is actually located. I can see in my process manager that such a process actually exists when I open the app in Windows 10. The problem comes when I actually try to locate it.

I did some research, in previous versions was located in the C:\Program files\WindowsApp folder also tried in C:\Users\username\AppData\Roamming\Windows\Start Menu but no luck.

See reddit thread for further information.

I don't understand how I can see an exe in my process manager if such a file does not exist.

3 Answers

PowerShell is a very powerful tool and can do pretty much anything with any Microsoft product, including UWP Apps.

To find where an appx is installed you can use the command Get-AppxPackage -Name PackageName.

The package names are usually very hard to guess, for example the current name of the Netflix app is "4DF9E0F8.Netflix". Some app names have 0 relation to the name shown in the start menu.

To make it a bit easier, you can use the Where-Object instead of the -Name parameter.

Get-AppxPackage | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*flix*"}

This will look for any appx packages which name matches *flix*.

The result on my computer is this:

Name : 4DF9E0F8.Netflix
Publisher : CN=52120C15-ACFA-47FC-A7E3-4974DBA79445
Architecture : X64
ResourceId :
Version : 6.93.478.0
PackageFullName : 4DF9E0F8.Netflix_6.93.478.0_x64__mcm4njqhnhss8
InstallLocation : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\4DF9E0F8.Netflix_6.93.478.0_x64__mcm4njqhnhss8
IsFramework : False
PackageFamilyName : 4DF9E0F8.Netflix_mcm4njqhnhss8
PublisherId : mcm4njqhnhss8
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False
NonRemovable : False
IsPartiallyStaged : False
SignatureKind : Store
Status : Ok

In the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\4DF9E0F8.Netflix_6.93.478.0_x64__mcm4njqhnhss8 folder I can see that it's a WinJS app written in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

There's no Netflix.exe in that folder?

There's not. I don't think you've ever seen a Netflix.exe (unless it's a virus). Here's a screenshot from my Task Manager while having Netflix up and running.

I would tried adding WWAHost.exe (and maybe mfpmp.exe) to your VPN exception list. Those are the 2 .exe programs that are running when netflix opens (other than RuntimeBroker.exe).

mfpmp.exe does not stay open. But WWAHost.exe and RuntimeBroker.exe does.

Worth a shot if your VPN does not support adding Windows Apps.

You need to add C:\Windows\System32\WWAHost.exe to your VPN exception list. Because Netflix is a UWP app thus WWAHost.exe is used for networking.

Note: Any apps that use WWAHost.exe will be affected as well.