PowerTip: Use PowerShell to show start apps

Here’s a tip from my colleague Ed Wilson (the Microsoft Scripting Guy) about how to to find Windows 8.1 Start apps using Windows PowerShell.

Question: You want to find a listing of your Windows 8.1 start apps. How can you do this with Windows PowerShell 4.0?

Answer: Use the Get-StartApps cmdlet. It appears here:

PS C:\> Get-StartApps

Mitch Tulloch is a nine-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award and a widely recognized expert on Windows administration, deployment and virtualization.  For more information see http://www.mtit.com.

Ed Wilson is the bestselling author of eight books about Windows Scripting, including Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step, and Windows PowerShell 3.0 First Steps. He writes a daily blog about Windows PowerShell call Hey, Scripting Guy! that is hosted on the Microsoft TechNet Script Center; for more PowerTips check out the Hey, Scripting Guy! blog.