Get-AppxPackage is accessible with the help of Appx module. To configure Appx, go through this link.
Synopsis
Gets a list of the app packages that are installed in a user profile.
Description
The Get-AppxPackage cmdlet gets a list of the app packages that are installed in a user profile. An app package has an .appx file name extension. To get the list of packages for a user profile other than the profile for the current user, you must run this command by using administrator permissions.
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 by using administrator permissions.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | True (ByPropertyName, ByValue) |
| 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 |
| Accept pipeline input: | True (ByValue) |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-PackageTypeFilter
Specifies one or more comma-separated types of packages that the cmdlet gets from the package repository. Valid values are:
- Bundle
- Framework
- Main
- Resource
- None
By default, this cmdlet returns only packages of types Main and Framework.
| Type: | PackageTypes |
| Accepted values: | None, Main, Framework, Resource, Bundle, Xap |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Accept pipeline input: | True (ByPropertyName, ByValue) |
| 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 |
| Accept pipeline input: | True (ByValue) |
| 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 by using 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 |
| Accept pipeline input: | True (ByValue) |
| 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 |
| Accept pipeline input: | True (ByPropertyName, ByValue) |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Syntax
Get-AppxPackage [-AllUsers] [-PackageTypeFilter <PackageTypes>] [[-Name] <String>] [[-Publisher] <String>] [-User <String>] [-Volume <AppxVolume>] [<CommonParameters>]
——————–Example 1——————–
Get all app packages for every user account
PS C:> 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
PS C:> Get-AppxPackage -Name “Package01” -User “TOSSolution\KumarS”
This command displays information about Package01 if it is installed in the specified user profile.
You can check the Version, CommandType and Source of this cmdlet by giving below command.
Get-Command Get-AppxPackage
You can also read about
- Add-AppxPackage
- Get-AppxPackageManifest
- Move-AppxPackage
- Remove-AppxPackage