InstalledDesktopApp.GetInventoryAsync Method

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.System.Inventory

Gets a list of installed Win32 apps available to the current user. This includes apps installed for all users as well as only for the current user.

public:
 static IAsyncOperation<IVectorView<InstalledDesktopApp ^> ^> ^ GetInventoryAsync();

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.RemoteAsync]
 static IAsyncOperation<IVectorView<InstalledDesktopApp>> GetInventoryAsync();

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.RemoteAsync]
public static IAsyncOperation<IReadOnlyList<InstalledDesktopApp>> GetInventoryAsync();

function getInventoryAsync()

Public Shared Function GetInventoryAsync () As IAsyncOperation(Of IReadOnlyList(Of InstalledDesktopApp))

Returns

IAsyncOperation<IVectorView<InstalledDesktopApp>>

IAsyncOperation<IReadOnlyList<InstalledDesktopApp>>

Returns an async operation indicating that the task has completed and containing a list of installed Win32 apps available to the current user.

Attributes

RemoteAsyncAttribute

Examples

IReadOnlyList<IInstalledDesktopApp> installedApps = await InstalledDesktopApp.GetInventoryAsync();

foreach (var app in installedApps)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Display Name: " + app.DisplayName);
    Console.WriteLine("Application ID: " + app.Id);
    Console.WriteLine("Publisher: " + app.Publisher);
    Console.WriteLine("Display Version: " + app.DisplayVersion);
}

Remarks

The list includes apps installed for all users as well as only for the current user.