Common App-V 5 Powershell Commands

The following posts contains common App-V 5 Powershell commands. Assuming a package consisting of the following:

Package Name: AlkaneSolutions
AlkaneSolutions.appv
AlkaneSolutions_DeploymentConfig.xml
AlkaneSolutions_UserConfig.xml

and a connection group consisting of:

Package Name: AlkaneSolutions_ConnectionGroup
AlkaneSolutions_ConnectionGroup.xml

General Commands

Import the App-V 5 module (so we can use the cmdlets below)

Import-Module AppvClient

Set execution policy to unrestricted (used during testing – should really be set by policy in a live environment)

Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted

Enable Package Scripting (can also be done via policy):

Set-AppvClientConfiguration -EnablePackageScripts 1

Package Commands

Add Package

Add-AppvClientPackage "<Path to package>\AlkaneSolutions.appv"

Add Package with a Deployment Config

Add-AppvClientPackage "<Path to package>\AlkaneSolutions.appv" -DynamicDeploymentConfiguration "<Path to package>\AlkaneSolutions_DeploymentConfig.xml"

Publish Package (-Global will publish globally. Omitting this will publish to the user)

Publish-AppvClientPackage -Name "AlkaneSolutions" -Global

Mount the package at 100%

Mount-AppvClientPackage -Name "AlkaneSolutions"

Add, Publish and Mount Package on One Line

Add-AppvClientPackage "<Path to package>\AlkaneSolutions.appv" | Publish-AppvClientPackage -Global | Mount-AppvClientPackage

Add and publish App-V package along with a deployment xml

Add-AppvClientPackage "<Path to package>\AlkaneSolutions.appv" -DynamicDeploymentConfiguration "<Path to package>\AlkaneSolutions_DeploymentConfig.xml" | Publish-AppvClientPackage -Global

Add and publish App-V package along with a User Config xml (note how -Global is omitted from this command)

Add-AppvClientPackage "<Path to package>\AlkaneSolutions.appv" | Publish-AppvClientPackage -DynamicUserConfigurationPath "<Path to package>\AlkaneSolutions_UserConfig.xml"

Unpublish package

Unpublish-AppvClientPackage -name "AlkaneSolutions"

Delete App-V Package from cache

Remove-AppvClientPackage -name "AlkaneSolutions"

Connection Group Commands

Add Connection Group

Add-AppvClientConnectionGroup -path "<Path to package>\AlkaneSolutions_ConnectionGroup.xml"

Enable Connection Group (-Global will publish globally. Omitting this will publish to the user)

Enable-AppvClientConnectionGroup -name "AlkaneSolutions_ConnectionGroup" -Global

Add and Enable a Connection Group on One Line

Add-AppvClientConnectionGroup -path "<Path to package>\AlkaneSolutions_ConnectionGroup.xml" | Enable-AppvClientConnectionGroup -Global

Disable Connection Group

Disable-AppvClientConnectionGroup -name "AlkaneSolutions_ConnectionGroup"

Remove Connection Group

Remove-AppvClientConnectionGroup -name "AlkaneSolutions_ConnectionGroup"

Disable and Remove Connection Group on One Line

Disable-AppvClientConnectionGroup -name "AlkaneSolutions_ConnectionGroup" | Remove-AppvClientConnectionGroup

Verification Commands

Get App-V Client Configuration Settings

Get-AppvClientConfiguration

View all added (not neccessarily published) packages (useful for retrieving names, GUIDs, publishing status etc)

Get-AppvClientPackage -all

View all added (not neccessarily published) connection groups (useful for retrieving namesm GUIDs, publishing status etc)

Get-AppvClientConnectionGroup -all

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4 Comments

Sonny Edwards

September 17, 2014

So i’m searching the net for some appv 5.0 powershell commands and im having no luck, so i change my search to app-v 5.0 client powershell commands and this is the first site, so i think yeah, i’ll give it a go.

The commands where easy to understand, thanks to the helpful Sub-titles provided with each command, and the commands work too. I was able to publish my connection group and remove it with the command lines found on this page.

I used the command Get-AppvClientPackage –all during my testing to to make the appv package Id and version Id’s easy to see.

Highly recommend this site, top information. Thanks.

January 16, 2017

This has been a favorite of mine for quite some time, and i was recently thrown back into working with AV5 apps and this page saved my life, not for the first time!

I was able to import the AV Client and publish the app easier than 1..2..3.

Keep up the great work!

Raj

February 10, 2017

Hi ,is there any powerShell command or script available to find list of Appv Application added to the users but not published to users.

Kae

Don’t get confused between adding and publishing. I imagine you’re looking for something like this: Get-AppvClientPackage -all | Where-Object IsPublishedToUser -eq $false