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Get-StartApps

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NAME Get-StartApps



SYNOPSIS

Gets the names and AppIDs of installed apps.





SYNTAX

Get-StartApps [[-Name] <Object>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The Get-StartApps cmdlet gets the names and AppIDs of installed apps of the current user. An AppID is an AppUserModelID. You can specify a particular

app by using its name, or you can specify a name that includes the wildcard character (*). If you do not specify a name, the cmdlet displays all

installed apps.





PARAMETERS

-Name [<Object>]

Specifies the name of an app. You can use the wildcard character. If you do not specify this parameter, the cmdlet gets all the apps.



Required? false

Position? 1

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? false

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



INPUTS









OUTPUTS

PSObject



A PSObject that contains the name and AppID for each app found in the Start screen for the user, as in this output example:



Output Example:



Name AppID

---- -----



A. Datum Pro Center Datum.ProCenter

Proseware Studio Proseware.Studio.5

A. Datum 2010 prog..tion_0000000000000000_ebec13db489e8ef9

Fabrikam Initializer Fabrikam.Initializer.1

A. Datum Connector Contoso.Datum.Connector

Proseware Design Pro Proseware.Design.3





Example 1: Get all apps



PS C:\\> Get-StartApps

Name AppID

---- -----



A. Datum Pro Center Datum.ProCenter

Proseware Studio Proseware.Studio.5

A. Datum 2010 prog..tion_0000000000000000_ebec13db489e8ef9

Fabrikam Initializer Fabrikam.Initializer.1

A. Datum Connector Contoso.Datum.Connector

Proseware Design Pro Proseware.Design.3



This command gets all the names and IDs of installed apps for the current user.







RELATED LINKS

Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=294166

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