Disable-UevAppxPackage
Disables UE-V synchronization of Windows 8 apps.
Syntax
ParameterSetUser (Default)
Disable-UevAppxPackage
[-PackageFamilyName] <String[]>
[-CurrentComputerUser]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
ParameterSetComputer
Disable-UevAppxPackage
[-PackageFamilyName] <String[]>
[-Computer]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Disable-UevAppxPackage cmdlet disables Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) synchronization of Windows® 8 apps. The cmdlet adds a setting to the computer or user sections of the registry that disables the package family names of Windows 8 apps that you specify. If you do not specify the Computer or CurrentComputerUser parameters, the cmdlet disables the package family names of Windows 8 apps for the current user.
Examples
Example 1: Disable synchronization of a Windows 8 app
PS C:\>Disable-UevAppxPackage -Computer -PackageFamilyName "Microsoft.BingFinance"
This command disables synchronization of the Bing Finance app for all users on the computer.
Parameters
-Computer
Indicates that the cmdlet disables the Windows 8 apps that you specify for all users on the computer.
Parameter properties
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
ParameterSetComputer
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
Parameter properties
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Default value: | False |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
| Aliases: | cf |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-CurrentComputerUser
Indicates that the cmdlet disables the Windows 8 apps that you specify for the current user only.
Parameter properties
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
ParameterSetUser
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-PackageFamilyName
Specifies an array of package families. The cmdlet disables the package families of Windows 8 apps that you specify.
Parameter properties
| Type: | String[] |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | 0 |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | True |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Parameter properties
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Default value: | False |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
| Aliases: | wi |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.