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📝 Make appUserModelId requirement clearer (#13259)

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## Windows
* On Windows 10, notifications "just work".
* 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,
* On Windows 10, a shortcut to your app with an [Application User
Model ID][app-user-model-id] must be installed to the Start Menu.
* 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.
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,
[shortcuts will automatically be set correctly][squirrel-events]. Furthermore,
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
@ -88,3 +96,5 @@ GNOME, KDE.
[notification-spec]: https://developer.gnome.org/notification-spec/
[app-user-model-id]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378459(v=vs.85).aspx
[set-app-user-model-id]: ../api/app.md#appsetappusermodelidid-windows
[squirrel-events]: https://github.com/electron/windows-installer/blob/master/README.md#handling-squirrel-events