the return from Add-AppxPakcgae doesnt contain the UWP information the computer has

Question

Hi, Team.

Do you happen to know the potential root cause below ?

phenomenon : the return from Add-AppxPakcgae doesn't contain UWP information the computer has.

see below more explicit scenario I'm saying.

When we did below command on Elevated Power Shell , we got the list installed app on the computer.
Get-AppxPackage |select name

<Result>

Name

Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost
Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost
windows.immersivecontrolpanel
Microsoft.Windows.Cortana
Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin
Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge
Microsoft.Windows.CloudExperienceHost
Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager
Microsoft.Windows.Photos
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.1
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.1
Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.2.2
Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.2.2
Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.2.2
Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.2.2
Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00
Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00

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above list doesn't contain the App computer has ( calculator in this case )
but the list will have the name as calc after below step.

when they did below command , the we got the return regarding calculator as below shown.

Get-AppxPackage -name calc ,

Name : Microsoft.WindowsCalculator
Publisher : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture : X64
ResourceId :
Version : 10.1908.0.0
PackageFullName : Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_10.1908.0.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
InstallLocation : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_10.1908.0.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsFramework : False
PackageFamilyName : Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe
PublisherId : 8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False
NonRemovable : False
Dependencies : {Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.2_2.21909.17002.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe, Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.27810.0_x64
__8wekyb3d8bbwe}
IsPartiallyStaged : False
SignatureKind : Store
Status : Ok

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after above , when we did below command , we got the list which contains the name as calc.

Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost
Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost
windows.immersivecontrolpanel
Microsoft.Windows.Cortana
Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin
Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge
Microsoft.Windows.CloudExperienceHost
Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager
Microsoft.Windows.Photos
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.1
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.1
Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.2.2
Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.2.2
Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.2.2
Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.2.2
Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00
Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00
Microsoft.WindowsCalculator
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.2
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.2

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do you happen to know why this happen potentially ?
( one of thing what I can't understand is , It seems the list we got would be too less .
it seems like that the return hasn't finished correctly ... but don't know why ... )

could you give me your thought ?

equipment environment
Windows 10 Enterprise 1909 on Citrix

Answer 1

Hi,

There should be no differences and I don't reproduce the issue on my machine. You'd save the output in a varieble or write the output to a file with Out-File and check if the differences still exist.

Best Regards,
Ian