InstalledDesktopApp Class

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.System.Inventory

Provides a list of installed Win32 apps available to the current user. This includes apps installed for all users as well as only for the current user.

C#

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 393216)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
public sealed class InstalledDesktopApp : IStringable

Inheritance

Object InstalledDesktopApp

Attributes

ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Implements

IStringable

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10, version 1803 (introduced in 10.0.17134.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v6.0)
App capabilities	packageQuery

Examples

C#

IReadOnlyList<IInstalledDesktopApp> installedApps = await InstalledDesktopApp.GetInventoryAsync();

foreach (var app in installedApps)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Display Name: " + app.DisplayName);
    Console.WriteLine("Application ID: " + app.Id);
    Console.WriteLine("Publisher: " + app.Publisher);
    Console.WriteLine("Display Version: " + app.DisplayVersion);
}

Remarks

InstalledDesktopApp checks for the packageQuery capability and returns an empty vector if the capability isn’t held by the caller.

Properties

DisplayName	Gets the display name of the installed desktop app.
DisplayVersion	Gets the string-based version of the installed desktop app.
Id	Gets the string-based ID of the installed desktop app.
Publisher	Gets the publisher of the installed desktop app.

Methods

GetInventoryAsync()	Gets a list of installed Win32 apps available to the current user. This includes apps installed for all users as well as only for the current user.
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current InstalledDesktopApp object.

Applies to