Combining scripts or using one to input to the next

August 3, 2023

I have 2 Powershell scripts and they both work really well – but I now want to combine them and am not sure how to go about it.

The first script is (this provides details of apps installed from the Store):

Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, InstallLocation, PackageFamilyName, Target

The second script is (which provides the application id – which is required to launch the app through code):

(Get-AppxPackage -Name "*ADD PACKAGE NAME*" | Get-AppxPackageManifest).package.applications.application.id

If possible – I’d either want the above combined in one script where the application id could be appended to an additional column – or I’d like the first script to feed/input the second script.

>Solution :

# Get packages and select needed properties
$packages = Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, InstallLocation, PackageFamilyName, Target

# add foreach through each package 
foreach ($package in $packages) {
    $appName = $package.Name
    $appId = (Get-AppxPackage -Name $appName | Get-AppxPackageManifest).package.applications.application.id

    # Set the Application ID to the object as a new
    $package | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "ApplicationId" -Value $appId
}

# Output (combined result)
$packages