Get-AppxPackage
Gets a list of the app packages that are installed in a user profile.
Syntax
Get-AppxPackage
[-AllUsers]
[-PackageTypeFilter <PackageTypes>]
[[-Name] <String>]
[[-Publisher] <String>]
[-User <String>]
[-Volume <AppxVolume>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Get-AppxPackage
cmdlet gets a list of the app packages that are installed in a user profile.
An app package has an .msix
or .appx
file extension. To get the list of packages for a user
profile other than the profile for the current user, you must run this command with administrator
permissions.
Examples
Example 1: Get all app packages for every user account
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers
This command lists the app packages that are installed for every user account on the computer.
Example 2: Get an app package for a specific a user
Get-AppxPackage -Name "Package17" -User "Contoso\EvanNarvaez"
This command displays information about Package17
if it's installed in the specified user
profile.
Example 3: Get a particular app package information
Get-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.ScreenSketch
This command displays information about the ScreenSketch app.
Example 4: Get all app packages for a particular Publisher
Get-AppxPackage -Publisher "CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US"
This command lists all the Microsoft app packages that are installed on the computer.
Example 5: Get all app packages with PackageTypeFilter
Get-AppxPackage -PackageTypeFilter Bundle,Framework,Main,Resource
This command lists all the app packages with PackageTypeFilter installed on the computer.
Parameters
-AllUsers
Indicates that this cmdlet lists app packages for all user accounts on the computer. To use this parameter, you must run the command with administrator permissions.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Name
Specifies the name of a particular package. If you specify this parameter, the cmdlet returns results for this package only. Wildcards are permitted.
Type: | String |
Position: | 1 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-PackageTypeFilter
Specifies one or more comma-separated types of packages that the cmdlet gets from the package repository.
By default, this cmdlet returns only packages of types Main
and Framework
.
Type: | PackageTypes |
Accepted values: | None, Main, Framework, Resource, Bundle, Xap, Optional |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Publisher
Specifies the publisher of a particular package. If you specify this parameter, the cmdlet returns results only for this publisher. Wildcards are permitted.
Type: | String |
Position: | 2 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-User
Specifies a user. If you specify this parameter, the cmdlet returns a list of app packages that are installed for only the user that this cmdlet specifies. To get the list of packages for a user profile other than the profile for the current user, you must run this command with administrator permissions. The user name can be in one of these formats:
domain\user_name
user_name@fqn.domain.tld
user_name
SID-string
Type: | String |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Volume
Specifies an AppxVolume object. If you specify this parameter, this cmdlet returns only packages that are relative to volume that this parameter specifies.
Type: | AppxVolume |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
String[]
Outputs
Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AppxPackage
This cmdlet returns an AppxPackage object that contains information, including the full name of the app package.