Get-AppxPackageManifest
Gets the manifest of an app package.
Syntax
Get-AppxPackageManifest
[-Package] <String>
[[-User] <String>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Get-AppxPackageManifest
cmdlet gets the manifest of an app package. An app package has an
.msix
or .appx
file name extension. The manifest is an .xml
document that contains
information about the package, like the package ID.
Examples
Example 1: Get the manifest for an app package
Get-AppxPackageManifest -Package "package1_1.0.0.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe"
This command gets the manifest for an app package named package1_1.0.0.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe.
Example 2: Get the application ID for an app package
(Get-AppxPackage -Name "*WinJS*" | Get-AppxPackageManifest).package.applications.application.id
This command gets the application ID for an app package that has the string WinJS in the name.
Example 3
(Get-AppxPackage -Name "*ZuneMusic*" | Get-AppxPackageManifest).Package.Capabilities
This command gets the capabilities for an app package that has the string ZuneMusic in the name.
Parameters
-Package
Specifies an AppxPackage object or the full name of a package. To get the manifest of a package on the computer that's not installed for the current user, you must run this command with administrator permissions. Wildcards are permitted.
Type: | String |
Position: | 1 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-User
Specifies a user. This cmdlet gets the manifest of packages that are installed for the user that this parameter 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: | 2 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AppxPackage[]
This cmdlet accepts an array of AppxPackage objects that contain information, including the full name of the app package.
Outputs
System.XML.XMLDocument
This cmdlet returns a read-only .xml
document that contains information about the app package,
like the package ID.