• PowerTip: Use PowerShell to show start apps

    /* Mitch Tulloch*/ /*">Mitch Tulloch*/ /*Mitch Tulloch*/ Posted On October 11, 2013
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    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.

     

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    Mitch Tulloch

    Mitch Tulloch is Senior Editor of both WServerNews and FitITproNews and is a widely recognized expert on Windows Server and cloud technologies. He has written more than a thousand articles and has authored or been series editor for over 50 books for Microsoft Press and other publishers. Mitch has also been a twelve-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in the technical category of Cloud and Datacenter Management. He currently runs an IT content development business in Winnipeg, Canada.




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    Michael M
    February 11, 2020 at 12:58 pm
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    I wonder if Get-StartApps differentiates between apps turned on / off from System -> Privacy -> Background Apps? It appears not.
    I turned off several Background Apps (Your Phone, Edge, etc), restarted my computer, re-ran Get-StartApps and the list of apps is exactly the same as the one I ran before turning the apps off in Background Apps!!
    Can you explain what I might be missing?


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