Get-AppLockerPolicy
Get-AppLockerPolicy is accessible with the help of AppLocker module. To configure AppLocker, go through this link.
Synopsis
Gets the local, the effective, or a domain AppLocker policy.
Description
The Get-AppLockerPolicy cmdlet retrieves the AppLocker policy from the local Group Policy Object (GPO), a specified Group Policy Object (GPO), or the effective policy on the computer.
By default, the output is an AppLockerPolicy object. If the Xml parameter is used, then the output will be the AppLocker policy as an XML-formatted string
Parameters
-Domain
Gets the AppLocker policy from the GPO specified by the path given in the Ldap parameter.
Required? true
Position? named
Default value none
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Effective <SwitchParameter>
Gets the effective AppLocker policy on the local computer. The effective policy is the merge of the local AppLocker policy and any applied AppLocker domain policies on the local computer.
Required? true
Position? named
Default value none
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-InformationAction <System.Management.Automation.ActionPreference>
Specifies how this cmdlet responds to an information event. The acceptable values for this parameter are:
-- SilentlyContinue
-- Stop
-- Continue
-- Inquire
-- Ignore
-- Suspend
Required? false
Position? named
Default value none
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-InformationVariable <System.String>
Specifies a variable in which to store an information event message.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value none
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Ldap <String>
Specifies the LDAP path of the GPO and must specify a unique GPO.
Required? true
Position? named
Default value none
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Local <SwitchParameter>
Gets the AppLocker policy from the local GPO.
Required? true
Position? named
Default value none
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Xml <SwitchParameter>
Specifies that the AppLocker policy be output as an XML-formatted string.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value none
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
Syntax
Get-AppLockerPolicy [-Local] [-Xml] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-AppLockerPolicy [-Domain] -Ldap <String> [-Xml] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-AppLockerPolicy [-Effective] [-Xml] [<CommonParameters>]
—————EXAMPLE 1—————
PS C:>Get-AppLockerPolicy -Local
This example gets the local AppLocker policy as an AppLockerPolicy object.
—————EXAMPLE 2—————
PS C:>Get- AppLockerPolicy -Effective -Xml | Set-Content (‘c:\toss\curr.xml’)
This example gets the effective policy on the computer, and then sends it in XML-format to the specified file on an existing path.
—————EXAMPLE 3—————
PS C:>Get-AppLockerPolicy -Local | Test-AppLockerPolicy -Path C:\Windows\System32*.exe -User Everyone
This example gets the local AppLocker policy on the computer, and then tests the policy using the Test-AppLockerPolicy cmdlet to test whether the .exe files in C:\Windows\System32 will be allowed to run by the Everyone group.
You can check the Version, CommandType and Source of this cmdlet by giving below command.
Get-Command Get-AppLockerPolicy
You can also read about
- Get-AppLockerFileInformation
- New-AppLockerPolicy
- Set-AppLockerPolicy
- Test-AppLockerPolicy