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Oct 13, 2026
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Is it MSIX? Part 3: Find Package and Application Identity with TASKLIST and PowerShell

Howard Kapustein

We previously determined how to programmatically retrieve a packaged process' package and application identity. Now let's find MSIX package identity using existing tools. TASKLIST.EXE Using the packaged app from our previous example, we know the "image name" (aka executable filename) and that its PID (process ID) is 7664. lists packaged proces...

Oct 6, 2026
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Is it MSIX? Part 2: Finding Package Identity with APIs

Howard Kapustein

We previously determined how to tell if a process is packaged or unpackaged using Task Manager. Now let's find its package and application identity in code. Windows provides APIs to retrieve package and application identity for a process: If you prefer WinRT: Kernel mode What about kernel mode? Nearly all MSIX APIs require a user-mode calle...