Finding out installed Metro applications on a machine

问题

I am trying to write a piece of code in C# to find all installed Metro Applications on a machine. I came across the following post Get a list of metro apps and launch them in Windows 8 using PowerShell which explains obtaining this from the system registry. Is this the only reliable way to obtain the list? Does anyone know of any other ways? Thanks in advance

回答1:

I wish I could comment...Is this an option?

IEnumerable<Windows.ApplicationModel.Package> packages = 
        (IEnumerable<Windows.ApplicationModel.Package>)packageManager.FindPackagesForUser("");

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.management.deployment.packagemanager.aspx

回答2:

Thanks everyone! For the PackageManager code to work, I had to do the following

1) Add the following to .csproj.

 <PropertyGroup>
   <TargetPlatformVersion>8.0</TargetPlatformVersion>
 </PropertyGroup>
 <Reference Include="System.Runtime, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>

2) Add a reference to C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\References\CommonConfiguration\Neutral\Windows.winmd

After doing the above, I was able to list all the metro packages.

回答3:

You can't iterate through all packages installed in PC in WinRT app. It's possible in desktop and console app. See these MSDN threads for more info.

How to get all Metro apps list in Metro App?

How do I get all Metro style apps list in my Metro App?

To perform the same here's code.

回答4:

If anyone's wondering how to get the packageManager variable in the accepted answer you need to do the following:

Windows.Management.Deployment.PackageManager packageManager = new Windows.Management.Deployment.PackageManager();

I guess this belongs to a comment, but I don't have enough reputation, sorry.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18178990/finding-out-installed-metro-applications-on-a-machine

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