Public/Get-MSIXDesktop7Shortcut.ps1
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function Get-MSIXDesktop7Shortcut { <# .SYNOPSIS Lists the desktop7:Shortcut entries from an MSIX manifest. .PARAMETER MSIXFolder Expanded MSIX package folder (contains AppxManifest.xml). .EXAMPLE Get-MSIXDesktop7Shortcut -MSIXFolder $pkg .NOTES Token-to-VFS resolution / validation lives in Repair-MSIXDesktop7Shortcut - this cmdlet only reads the manifest. Tim Mangan: https://www.tmurgent.com/TmBlog/?p=3857 Andreas Nick, 2026 #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([PSCustomObject])] param( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, Position = 0)] [System.IO.DirectoryInfo] $MSIXFolder ) process { $manifestPath = Join-Path $MSIXFolder.FullName 'AppxManifest.xml' if (-not (Test-Path $manifestPath)) { Write-Error "The MSIX folder does not contain AppxManifest.xml: $($MSIXFolder.FullName)" return } $manifest = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument $manifest.Load($manifestPath) $nsmgr = New-Object System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager($manifest.NameTable) $AppXNamespaces.GetEnumerator() | ForEach-Object { $null = $nsmgr.AddNamespace($_.Key, $_.Value) } # desktop10:DisplayName / desktop10:Description are localizable attributes in a # separate namespace; read them by URI so they resolve regardless of prefix. $desktop10Ns = $AppXNamespaces['desktop10'] # desktop7:Shortcut may live under each Application's Extensions AND directly under the # package-level Extensions. Collect both; package-level shortcuts have no ApplicationId. $found = New-Object 'System.Collections.Generic.List[object]' foreach ($app in $manifest.SelectNodes('//ns:Package/ns:Applications/ns:Application', $nsmgr)) { $appId = $app.GetAttribute('Id') foreach ($sc in $app.SelectNodes("ns:Extensions/desktop7:Extension[@Category='windows.shortcut']/desktop7:Shortcut", $nsmgr)) { $found.Add([PSCustomObject]@{ Owner = $appId; Node = $sc }) } } foreach ($sc in $manifest.SelectNodes("/ns:Package/ns:Extensions/desktop7:Extension[@Category='windows.shortcut']/desktop7:Shortcut", $nsmgr)) { $found.Add([PSCustomObject]@{ Owner = $null; Node = $sc }) } foreach ($item in $found) { $sc = $item.Node [PSCustomObject]@{ ApplicationId = $item.Owner File = $sc.GetAttribute('File') Icon = $sc.GetAttribute('Icon') Arguments = $sc.GetAttribute('Arguments') Description = $sc.GetAttribute('Description') PinToStartMenu = ($sc.GetAttribute('PinToStartMenu') -in @('true', '1')) ExcludeFromShowInNewInstall = ($sc.GetAttribute('ExcludeFromShowInNewInstall') -in @('true', '1')) DisplayName = $sc.GetAttribute('DisplayName', $desktop10Ns) LocalizedDescription = $sc.GetAttribute('Description', $desktop10Ns) MSIXFolderPath = $MSIXFolder.FullName } } } } |