AppExtensionCatalog.RequestRemovePackageAsync(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.ApplicationModel.AppExtensions

Attempts to remove the specified extension package from the machine.

public:
 virtual IAsyncOperation<bool> ^ RequestRemovePackageAsync(Platform::String ^ packageFullName) = RequestRemovePackageAsync;

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.RemoteAsync]
IAsyncOperation<bool> RequestRemovePackageAsync(winrt::hstring const& packageFullName);

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.RemoteAsync]
public IAsyncOperation<bool> RequestRemovePackageAsync(string packageFullName);

function requestRemovePackageAsync(packageFullName)

Public Function RequestRemovePackageAsync (packageFullName As String) As IAsyncOperation(Of Boolean)

Parameters

packageFullName

String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The name of the package to remove, which you can get from AppExtension.Package.Id.FullName.

Returns

IAsyncOperation<Boolean>

IAsyncOperation<bool>

Returns true if the request to the user to remove the package was made; otherwise, false.

This function will return false if you try to use a Package name that is not associated with an extension in the AppExtensionCatalog instance. The return value doesn't reflect whether the package was actually removed or not. If the user accepts the prompt to remove the package, a PackageUninstalling event will be raised.

Attributes

RemoteAsyncAttribute

Remarks

The user is prompted to allow or deny the package removal. You can only remove packages that contain extensions found in the AppExtensionCatalog instance you make the call from. See AppExtensionCatalog::Open for more details.

The unit of deployment for AppExtensions is the Package. You cannot remove AppExtensions; you can only remove Packages. Packages may contain multiple AppExtensions.

The user may not understand the relationship between AppExtensions and Packages, or between an AppExtension and an app on the machine (because an app may be designed to also serve as an extension). The user may accept the request to remove a package thinking that they are only removing an extension but then find that one of their favorite apps is now gone. Only use this method if you are certain that the AppExtension is the only thing in the package.

Avoid using this method if you do not control the ecosystem of extensions involved. This method is intended for convenience in a closed ecosystem of extensions, such as in an enterprise environment.

Desktop Bridge app extension hosts cannot use this method directly. Desktop Bridge app extension hosts should use their Universal Windows Platform component to manage app extensions. For more information, see Building an MSIX package from your code.

See also

• Building an MSIX package from your code