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App not showing in Apps & Features
Ansuman Subudhi
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Hi,
I am trying to get a list of installed programs using PackageManager.FindPackages. Some of the App reported by the following API are not
visible in Apps & Features i.e Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider, Microsoft.StorePurchaseApp. The packages are not Framework,Resource, Disabled, System.
Any reason why they are not showing in Apps & Features?
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Nico Zhu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 12,826 Reputation points2022-08-22T02:15:20.253+00:00 I tried use FindPackagesForUser("") to get all the package, it could retrieve above StorePurchaseApp and XboxIdentityProvider package. please try this method with packageQuery
FindPackages/FindPackagesForUser both retreive StorePurchaseApp and XboxIdentityProvider. But both of them are not visible in Apps & Features. My question is why are they not visible in Apps & Features?
Both of them is internal native app, and they used to safety certificate and purchase. we could find them with FindPackages method, but it is not means that they should be displayed in the app list. And this is windows general problem, not a uwp development problem. Can you tell me why you want to find them in app list ?
Actually, My Goal here is to programatically retreive the exact same list of packages as seen in "Apps & Features".
Is there any method to Filter/Distinguish such internal packages (Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider, Microsoft.StorePurchaseApp), as windows is doing, so that we get an exact list as "Apps & Features"?
There is no such api could filter internal package. You need to filter it manually. for example
if(package.Id.Name.Contains("XnoxIdentityProvider")){// remove it from list}Sign in to comment