Get-AppxPackageManifest
Applies To: Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Gets the manifest of an app package (.appx).
Parameter Set: __AllParameterSets
Get-AppxPackageManifest [-Package] <AppxPackage> [[-User] <String> ] [ <CommonParameters>]
The Get-AppxPackageManifest cmdlet gets the manifest of an app package (.appx). The manifest is a .xml document that contains information about the package, like the package ID.
Specifies an AppxPackage object or the full name of a package. To get the manifest of a package on the computer that isn't installed for the current user, you must run this command by using administrator permissions. Wildcards are permitted.
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
true |
Position? |
1 |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
true (ByValue) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
that are installed for the specified user. 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
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
false |
Position? |
2 |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
true (ByValue) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.
Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AppxPackage[]
An array of AppxPackage objects that contain information, including the full name of the app package (.appx).
The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.
System.XML.XMLDocument
A read-only .xml document that contains information about the app package (.appx), like the package ID.
This command gets the manifest for an app package that's named package1_1.0.0.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe.
PS C:\> Get-AppxPackageManifest -Package package1_1.0.0.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe
This command gets the application ID for an app package (.appx) that has "WinJS" in the name.
PS C:\> (Get-AppxPackage -Name "*WinJS*" | Get-AppxPack
ageManifest).package.applications.application.id