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Get-AppxPackage

Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:25 pm

NAME Get-AppxPackage



SYNOPSIS

Gets a list of the app packages that are installed in a user profile.





SYNTAX

Get-AppxPackage [[-Name] <String>] [[-Publisher] <String>] [-AllUsers] [-PackageTypeFilter {None | Main | Framework | Resource | Bundle | Xap}]

[-User <String>] [-Volume <AppxVolume>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The Get-AppxPackage cmdlet gets a list of the app packages that are installed in a user profile. An app package has an .appx file name extension.

To get the list of packages for a user profile other than the profile for the current user, you must run this command by using administrator

permissions.





PARAMETERS

-AllUsers [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates that this cmdlet lists app packages for all user accounts on the computer. To use this parameter, you must run the command by using

administrator permissions.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Name <String>

Specifies the name of a particular package. If you specify this parameter, the cmdlet returns results for this package only. Wildcards are

permitted.



Required? false

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-PackageTypeFilter <PackageTypes>

Specifies one or more comma-separated types of packages that the cmdlet gets from the package repository. Valid values are:



- Bundle



- Framework



- Main



- Resource



- None





By default, this cmdlet returns only packages of types Main and Framework.





Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Publisher <String>

Specifies the publisher of a particular package. If you specify this parameter, the cmdlet returns results only for this publisher. Wildcards

are permitted.



Required? false

Position? 2

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-User <String>

Specifies a user. If you specify this parameter, the cmdlet returns a list of app packages that are installed for only the user that this

cmdlet specifies. To get the list of packages for a user profile other than the profile for the current user, you must run this command by

using administrator permissions. The user name can be in one of these formats:



- domain\\user_name



- user_name@fqn.domain.tld



- user_name



- SID-string



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Volume <AppxVolume>

Specifies an AppxVolume object. If you specify this parameter, this cmdlet returns only packages that are relative to volume that this

parameter specifies.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS

System.String[]







OUTPUTS

Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AppxPackage

This cmdlet returns an AppxPackage object that contains information, including the full name of the app package.





NOTES









Example 1: Get all app packages for every user account



PS C:\\> Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers



This command lists the app packages that are installed for every user account on the computer.

Example 2: Get an app package for a specific a user



PS C:\\> Get-AppxPackage -Name "Package17" -User "Contoso\\EvanNarvaez"



This command displays information about Package17 if it is installed in the specified user profile.



RELATED LINKS

Package Manager API http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=245447

How to Add and Remove Apps http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=231020

Add-AppxPackage

Get-AppxPackageManifest

Move-AppxPackage

Remove-AppxPackage