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11-03-2022 01:49 PM - last edited on 06-26-2023 06:00 PM by Mercedes_O
Has anyone been able to create a deployment to install Microsoft store apps?
07-20-2023 03:42 AM
I've done it.
The hardest part is identifying the required files, in particular the dependencies.
I created a deployment to call a powershell file, the contents of which are below...
Below will install the MS store into an LTSC machine.
add-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagepath "{packageshare}\Microsoft Store\Microsoft.WindowsStore_11809.1001.713.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe.AppxBundle" -licensepath "{packageshare}\Microsoft Store\Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe.xml" -dependencypackagepath "{packageshare}\Microsoft Store\Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.6_1.6.24903.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.appx","{packageshare}\Microsoft Store\Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.6_1.6.24903.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe.appx","{packageshare}\Microsoft Store\Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.1.6_1.6.24903.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.appx","{packageshare}\Microsoft Store\Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.1.6_1.6.24903.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe.appx","{packageshare}\Microsoft Store\Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.26706.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.appx","{packageshare}\Microsoft Store\Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.26706.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe.appx"
06-09-2023 05:26 PM - edited 06-09-2023 05:29 PM
Yes, but I'm doing this from the msstore and winget repo's and not an actual .appx file if that matters.
This will install the app store along with winget. There's a bit more to this if you're trying to install it on a server or images missing Microsoft VCLibs. There are guides for this if that's what you want to do.
-ExecutionPolicy Bypass (Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -LogLevel Warnings | Where-Object -Property DisplayName -EQ Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller).InstallLocation -replace '%SYSTEMDRIVE%', $env:SystemDrive | Add-AppxPackage -Register -DisableDevelopmentMode
Once you have winget installed you can use this script to install apps. Just modify the name, ID, and type to match the winget/msstore info which you can find by opening up powershell/terminal and running "winget search appname":
# Define the apps to install
$apps = @(
@{Name = "Google Chrome"; Id = "Google.Chrome"; Type = "winget"},
@{Name = "Mozilla Firefox"; Id = "Mozilla.Firefox"; Type = "winget"},
@{Name = "Microsoft 365 (Office)"; Id = "Microsoft.365Desktop"; Type = "winget"},
@{Name = "Microsoft Teams"; Id = "MicrosoftTeams"; Type = "winget"},
@{Name = "Notepad++"; Id = "Notepad++.Notepad++"; Type = "winget"},
@{Name = "PowerToys"; Id = "Microsoft.PowerToys"; Type = "winget"},
@{Name = "Greenshot"; Id = "Greenshot.Greenshot"; Type = "winget"}
@{Name = "Windows Calc"; Id = "9WZDNCRFHVN5"; Type = "msstore"}
)
# Install the apps silently for all users
foreach ($app in $apps) {
if ($app.Type -eq "winget") {
Write-Host "Installing $($app.Name) from winget..."
winget install $app.Id -e -s winget --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements --force
} elseif ($app.Type -eq "msstore") {
Write-Host "Installing $($app.Name) from Microsoft Store..."
Add-AppxPackage -Register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.$($app.Id)_*" -DisableDevelopmentMode
}
}
# Verify the apps were installed
foreach ($app in $apps) {
if ($app.Type -eq "winget" -and (Get-Command $app.Id -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
Write-Host "$($app.Name) was installed successfully from winget."
} elseif ($app.Type -eq "msstore" -and (Get-AppxPackage "Microsoft.$($app.Id)" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
Write-Host "$($app.Name) was installed successfully from Microsoft Store."
} else {
Write-Warning "$($app.Name) was not installed."
}
}
And last if you want to automatically keep these apps up to date you can use GPO to schedule a task that runs however often you'd like them to update:
powershell.exe winget upgrade --all --silent --include-unknown
06-08-2023 02:15 PM
I would be interested to see if that's possible. Thanks.
12-22-2022 05:57 PM
I am currently working on a deployment to install Windows Store on some of our LTSC machines. The Natural follow up after I get this done will be installing actual apps. I will try and keep this thread updated.
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