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Jul 02, 2018

Find app installed in PC

Hello    I have a list of application which is pre installed in PC and i want to find out using powershell. so basically i want to write a script which will check that which app is installed from t...
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VasilMichev
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Jul 02, 2018

You can report on those via Get-AppxPackage/Get-AppxProvisionedPackage, however the good folks at Microsoft have decided to be more and more annoying which each new release of W10 and the latest ones also feature some other mechanisms. Such as downloading apps directly upon detecting internet connectivity. They don't show up in the list of preinstalled apps, but will still be deployed and you have to deploy some registry keys as well...

 

TL;DR version, read here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/68217-turn-off-automatic-installation-suggested-apps-windows-10-a.html

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    Deleted
    Jul 02, 2018

    I just want to write a script will check that any of the following script is running or not. i tried what you suggested and still it is not working properly. Here is my 

     

    ForEach($App in $AppsList) {

    $software = (Get-AppxPackage -allusers $App).PackageFullName
    $installed = (Get-ProvisionedAppxPackage -online | Where {$_.DisplayName -eq $software}) -ne $null

    if ($installed) {
    Write-Host "'$App' not found.";
    } else {
    Write-Host "'$App' found."
    }
    }

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      VasilMichev
      MVP
      Jul 03, 2018

      For starters the PackageFullName property is different from the DisplayName one, so you should not be comparing them directly. The Get-ProvisionedAppxPackage lists apps that are included in the windows image, not necessarily ones that are installed. If you only care about the installed ones, use just Get-AppxPackage, which will cover any app, regardless of the source it was installed from (as mentioned above, some will be directly downloaded from the internet).

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        Deleted
        Jul 03, 2018

        Hi VasilMichev

         

        As you said i am using only get-Appxpackage but still its not working how it suppose to work. i have a list of package which need to be find apps is installed in pc but some application is not installed and it still says it is installed.

        $PackageFullName = (Get-AppxPackage -allusers $App).PackageFullName
        write-host $PackageFullName
        if ($PackageFullName)
        {
        Write-Host "Removing Package: $App"
        }
        else
        {
        Write-Host "Unable to find package: $App"
        }

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