Administering App-V by using Windows PowerShell
Applies to:
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) supports Windows PowerShell cmdlets that give administrators a quick and easy way to manage App-V. The following sections will tell you more about how to use Windows PowerShell with App-V.
How to administer App-V with Windows PowerShell
The following table lists articles that will tell you more about how to use PowerShell for App-V.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| How to load the Windows PowerShell cmdlets for App-V and get cmdlet help | Describes how to install the Windows PowerShell cmdlets and find cmdlet help and examples. |
| How to manage App-V packages running on a stand-alone computer by using Windows PowerShell | Describes how to manage the client package lifecycle on a stand-alone computer with Windows PowerShell. |
| How to manage connection groups on a stand-alone computer by using Windows PowerShell | Describes how to manage connection groups with Windows PowerShell. |
| How to modify client configuration by using Windows PowerShell | Describes how to modify the client with Windows PowerShell. |
| How to apply the user configuration file by using Windows PowerShell | Describes how to apply a user configuration file with Windows PowerShell. |
| How to apply the deployment configuration file by using Windows PowerShell | Describes how to apply a deployment configuration file with Windows PowerShell. |
| How to sequence a package by using Windows PowerShell | Describes how to create a new package with Windows PowerShell. |
| How to create a package accelerator by using Windows PowerShell | Describes how to create a package accelerator with Windows PowerShell. You can use package accelerators to automatically sequence large, complex applications. |
| How to enable reporting on the App-V client by using Windows PowerShell | Describes how to enable the computer running the App-V Client to send reporting information. |
| How to install the App-V databases and convert the associated security identifiers by using Windows PowerShell | Describes how to take an array of account names and to convert each of them to the corresponding SID in standard and hexadecimal formats. |
| How to configure the client to receive package and connection groups updates from the publishing server | Describes how to use Windows PowerShell to configure a client after you have deployed the App-V management and publishing servers and added the required packages and connection groups. |
Important
Make sure that any script you execute with your App-V packages matches the execution policy that you have configured for Windows PowerShell.
Windows PowerShell error handling
The following table describes Windows PowerShell error handling for App-V.
| Event | Action |
|---|---|
| Using the RollbackOnError attribute with embedded scripts | When you use the RollbackOnError attribute with embedded scripts, the attribute is ignored for the following events: - Removing a package - Unpublishing a package - Terminating a virtual environment - Terminating a process |
| Package name contains $ | If a package name contains the character $, you must use a single-quote ( ' ). For example: Add-AppvClientPackage 'Contoso$App.appv' |