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Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>

Author: drewbatgit

hub/apps/develop/notifications/app-notifications/app-notifications-console.md

@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 ---
-title: Send a local app notification from a console app
+title: Use app notifications with a console app
 description: Learn how to send a local app notification from a .NET console app and handle the user clicking the notification using the Windows App SDK.
 ms.date: 04/08/2026
 ms.topic: how-to
 keywords: windows 11, windows 10, windows app sdk, winappsdk, console, send app notifications, notifications, toast notifications, how to, quickstart, c#, csharp
 ms.localizationpriority: medium
 ---
 
-# Send a local app notification from a console app
+# Use app notifications with a console app
 
-An app notification is a message that your app can construct and deliver to your user while they are not currently inside your app.
+An app notification is a UI popup that appears outside of your app's window, delivering timely information or actions to the user. Notifications can be purely informational, can launch your app when clicked, or can trigger a background action without bringing your app to the foreground.
 
 :::image type="content" source="images/toast-notification.png" alt-text="Screenshot of an app notification" width="628":::
 
-This article walks you through the steps to send and handle app notifications from a .NET console app using the [Windows App SDK](/windows/apps/windows-app-sdk/). The Windows App SDK `Microsoft.Windows.AppNotifications` APIs handle all the complexity of notification registration and activation for both packaged and unpackaged apps.
+This article walks you through the steps to create and send an app notification from a .NET console app, and then handle activation when the user interacts with it. This article uses the [Windows App SDK](/windows/apps/windows-app-sdk/) `Microsoft.Windows.AppNotifications` APIs.
 
-> [!NOTE]
-> For WinUI apps, see [Quickstart: App notifications in the Windows App SDK](app-notifications-quickstart.md). For other app types, see [WPF](app-notifications-wpf.md), [WinForms](app-notifications-winforms.md), or [UWP](app-notifications-uwp.md).
+For an overview of app notifications and guidance for other frameworks, see [App notifications overview](index.md).
+
+This article covers local notifications. For information about delivering notifications from a cloud service, see [Push notifications](../push-notifications/index.md).
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > Notifications for elevated (admin) apps are not currently supported.
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ For unpackaged apps, add:
 <WindowsPackageType>None</WindowsPackageType>
 ```
 
-## Step 1: Register for app notifications
+## Register for app notifications
 
 In your `Main` method, register the `NotificationInvoked` handler *before* calling `Register()`. The console app must remain running to receive activation callbacks when notifications are clicked.
 
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ AppNotificationManager.Default.Register();
 > [!NOTE]
 > For unpackaged apps, `Register()` automatically sets up the COM server registration that allows Windows to launch your app when a notification is clicked. You don't need to configure COM activation or an AUMID manually.
 
-## Step 2: Send an app notification
+## Send an app notification
 
 Use the `AppNotificationBuilder` API to construct and send a notification.
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ var notification = new AppNotificationBuilder()
 AppNotificationManager.Default.Show(notification);
 ```
 
-## Step 3: Keep the app running
+## Keep the app running
 
 For the `NotificationInvoked` handler to be called, the console app must still be running when the user clicks the notification. If the app exits before the user interacts with the notification, the next click will cold-launch a new process.
 
@@ -146,3 +147,5 @@ AppNotificationManager.Default.Unregister();
 - [AppNotificationBuilder Class](/windows/windows-app-sdk/api/winrt/microsoft.windows.appnotifications.builder.appnotificationbuilder)
 
 
+
+