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Description
The
Get-AppxPackage
cmdlet gets a list of the app packages that are installed in a user profile.
An app package has an
.msix
or
.appx
file extension. To get the list of packages for a user
profile other than the profile for the current user, you must run this command with administrator
permissions.
Examples
Example 1: Get all app packages for every user account
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
Get-AppxPackage -Name "Package17" -User "Contoso\EvanNarvaez"
This command displays information about
Package17
if it's installed in the specified user
profile.
Parameters
-AllUsers
Indicates that this cmdlet lists app packages for all user accounts on the computer. To use this
parameter, you must run the command with administrator permissions.
Type:
SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False
-Name
Specifies the name of a particular package. If you specify this parameter, the cmdlet returns
results for this package only. Wildcards are permitted.
Type:
String
Position:1
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False
-PackageTypeFilter
Specifies one or more comma-separated types of packages that the cmdlet gets from the package
repository.
By default, this cmdlet returns only packages of types
Main
and
Framework
.
Type:
PackageTypes
Accepted values:None, Main, Framework, Resource, Bundle, Xap, Optional
Position:Named
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False
-Publisher
Specifies the publisher of a particular package. If you specify this parameter, the cmdlet returns
results only for this publisher. Wildcards are permitted.
Type:
String
Position:2
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False
-User
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 with
administrator permissions. The user name can be in one of these formats:
domain\user_name
user_name@fqn.domain.tld
user_name
SID-string
-Volume
Specifies an
AppxVolume
object. If you specify this parameter, this cmdlet returns only
packages that are relative to volume that this parameter specifies.
Type:
AppxVolume
Position:Named
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False
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.
Package Manager API
How to Add and Remove Apps
Add-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackageManifest
Move-AppxPackage
Remove-AppxPackage
