How to retrieve Appx package install location in PowerShell programmatically

Question

Hi, PowerShell newbie here, I need PowerShell scripting code that returns me the install location of an Appx package on my Windows 10 system. Let's say I get something like this returned by Get-AppxPackage -Name "Microsoft.AsyncTextService" -AllUsers:

Name                   : Microsoft.AsyncTextService
Publisher              : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture           : Neutral
ResourceId             :
Version                : 10.0.19041.1023
PackageFullName        : Microsoft.AsyncTextService_10.0.19041.1023_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe
InstallLocation        : C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.AsyncTextService_8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsFramework            : False
PackageFamilyName      : Microsoft.AsyncTextService_8wekyb3d8bbwe
PublisherId            : 8wekyb3d8bbwe
PackageUserInformation : {S-1-5-21-2697059947-1034656983-1047649410-1001 [Admin]: Installed, S-1-5-21-2697059947-1034656983-1047649410-1003 [User 1]: Installed}
IsResourcePackage      : False
IsBundle               : False
IsDevelopmentMode      : False
NonRemovable           : True
IsPartiallyStaged      : False
SignatureKind          : System
Status                 : Ok

In this example, what I need is some PowerShell code that assigns me the string, "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.AsyncTextService_8wekyb3d8bbwe", to some variable - so that I can use it elsewhere in my PowerShell script. I experimented with piping into 'Select-String -Pattern "C:\\\Program"' and similar things but that never seemed to work. Somehow I never got the expected string returned from such pattern matching attempts.

Answer 1

Hi @Private Coder ,

if you want just the install location of the Appx package in a variable you can try this:

$installPath = (Get-AppxPackage -Name "Microsoft.AsyncTextService" -AllUsers).InstallLocation
$installPath

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Regards Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

Hi. Thank you for your question and reaching out. I’d be more than happy to help you with your query

To retrieve the Appx package install location in PowerShell programmatically [1], you can use the Get-AppxPackage cmdlet. This cmdlet will list all the Appx packages installed for the current user [2], as well as the install location for each package. Here is an example of how to use this cmdlet:

Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, InstallLocation

This command will list the name and installation location of all the Appx packages installed on the current user's machine

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