Install Windows Store App for all new and existing users

[petben]

Hello, I want to install a Windows App using GPO or Powershell.

I have a working command e.g.

DISM.EXE /Online /Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackagePath:"\\server\MSI\Windows Store Apps\Whiteboard\Microsoft.Whiteboard_55.20331.573.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe.appxbundle" /SkipLicense

 

this works fine for NEW users, but staff with existing profiles do not get the install.

 

Has anyone got a good method to install Windows Store App for all users including existing?

[DavR]

Adding new UWP apps for all users isn't the easiest.

 

Yes, in theory the DISM command provisions the package, but as you've found out, newly provisioned packages don't get added to existing profiles. 

 

Currently we don't have any apps that need this, but, my solution when we did was a PowerShell login script that registers the apps into existing profiles. It looked to see if the apps was present in the profile, then added it if not.

[petben]

thanks, can you please post a sample of your powershell?

 

 

[DavR]

Sure.... 

 

The Add-AppxPackage line is the key thing, the others are just detect version/presence, and do not install if exists and is at or above required version.

 

$currentVersion = (Get-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.XboxApp).Version

If ($currentVersion -gt 48) {exit}

Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxApp_48.49.31001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxManifest.xml"