DeletePackageDependency function (appmodel.h)

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03/03/2023

Deletes the install-time reference for the framework package dependency you created earlier by using the TryCreatePackageDependency method. This method informs the OS that it is safe to remove the framework package if no other apps have a dependency on it.

Syntax

HRESULT DeletePackageDependency(
  PCWSTR packageDependencyId
);

Parameters

packageDependencyId

Type: PCWSTR

The ID of the package dependency to remove.

Return value

Return code	Description
E_INVALIDARG	The packageDependencyId parameter is NULL on input.

Remarks

Removing a package dependency is typically done when an app is uninstalled. A package dependency is implicitly removed if its lifetime artifact (specified via the lifetimeArtifact parameter of the TryCreatePackageDependency function) is deleted. Package dependencies that are not referenced by other packages are elegible to be removed.

The caller of this function must have administrative privileges if the package dependency was created using CreatePackageDependencyOptions_ScopeIsSystem.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 11 (introduced in 10.0.22000.0)
Header	appmodel.h