Essentially this one line of code will set the start page of the application.
var navTo = new Uri("/Views/MainPage.xaml", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute); ((App)Current).RootFrame.Navigate(navTo);
Then you will have to set start page in App.Xaml.cs as below.
private void Application_Launching(object sender, LaunchingEventArgs e) { }
Last thing you need to do is remove entry of default task from WMAppManifest.xml file. If you notice entry for default navigation page is empty.
<Tasks> <DefaultTask Name ="_default" NavigationPage=""/> </Tasks> <Tokens> <PrimaryToken TokenID="liveTilesToken" TaskName="_default"> <TemplateType5> <BackgroundImageURI IsRelative="true" IsResource="false">Background.png</BackgroundImageURI> <Count>0</Count> <Title>liveTiles</Title> </TemplateType5> </PrimaryToken> </Tokens>