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PackageManager class

Manages the software available to a user.

Important You can't use this class in a Windows Store app.

Syntax


public sealed class PackageManager : Object

Attributes

ActivatableAttribute(NTDDI_WIN8)
MarshalingBehaviorAttribute(Agile)
ThreadingAttribute(Both)
VersionAttribute(NTDDI_WIN8)

Members

The PackageManager class has these types of members:

Constructors
Methods

Constructors

The PackageManager class has these constructors.

Constructor	Description
PackageManager	Creates and initializes a new instance of the object.

Methods

The PackageManager class has these methods. It also inherits methods from the Object class.

Method	Description
AddPackageAsync	Adds a package (main package) and its dependencies for the current logged-in user.
CleanupPackageForUserAsync	Cleans up a specified package for a specified user. Used to cleanup packages installed for a user after their user profile is deleted.
FindPackage	Retrieves information about the specified package installed for any user.
FindPackageForUser	Retrieves information about a specific package installed for a specific user or for all users.
FindPackages()	Retrieves information about a specified family of packages installed across all users.
FindPackages(String)	Retrieves information about a specified family of packages installed across all users.
FindPackages(String, String)	Finds all installed packages with the specified name and publisher.
FindPackagesForUser(String)	Finds all packages installed for the specified user.
FindPackagesForUser(String, String)	Retrieves information about a specified family of packages installed for a specific user.
FindPackagesForUser(String, String, String)	Retrieves information about all packages with the specified package name and publisher name, installed for a specific user.
FindUsers	Finds the users who have installed the specified package.
RegisterPackageAsync	Registers a package (the main package) and its dependency packages for the current user.
RemovePackageAsync
SetPackageState	Sets the state of a package, for example, to usable, tampered with, and so on.
StagePackageAsync
UpdatePackageAsync	Updates an installed package or its dependency packages for the current user.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows 8 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2012 [desktop apps only]
Namespace	Windows.Management.Deployment Windows::Management::Deployment [C++]
Metadata	Windows.winmd