Windows 8 Desktop Application in Javascript?

_Maxxx_ asked:

I know I can write a "Metro" Windows 8 app using HTML5 / Javascript.

But can I write a Windows 8 Desktop Application using HTML5 / Javascript?

I have looked at .hta - but that looks like it is unlikely to give me access to (for example) touch / accelerometer etc. from a device that supports those things.

I have looked at a few options that seem to be wrappers around "Metro" apps that allow them to be shown in a window on the desktop.

What I would like to be able to do is write an HTML5 / Javascript application and "just run it" on the desktop (perhaps packaging it into a file of some description) as if it were an application.

I am beginning to think it isn't possible...

Tags: Javascript, Desktop Programming

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