Backup of EdgeApps incomplete

[htcfreek]

You should additional backup the web app shortcuts in startmenu/desktop (current user) and the corresponding uninstall keys in regedit (hkcu) too.

If you don't do that users could get problems while removing them or adding them to start.

[mardahl]

Could you give some code examples? Thanks

[htcfreek]

I planned to upload an complete ps script. But it will take time. On wednesday I might get access to the working script.

But you can find the reg keys and shortcuts (user startmenu and user desktop) by the property of uninstall/destination path. It's edge_proxy.exe or something similar. For getting the shortcut destination you need the shell com object feature.

[htcfreek]

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskGreg/comments/2k0siw/powershell_get_shortcut_target/

[mardahl]

I can backup the PWA shortcuts with this bit of code:

#function to aquire the users PWA shortcuts from the userprofile
function Get-EdgePWAShortcuts{
    #Get all shortcuts from the userprofile and collect in array
    $Shortcuts = Get-ChildItem -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Recurse $($env:USERPROFILE) -Include *.lnk
    #Create shell object to analyse shortcut details
    $Shell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
    foreach ($Shortcut in $Shortcuts)
    {
        #Check if the shortcut is Edge based on the target path (this should be the PWA app)
        if ($Shell.CreateShortcut($Shortcut).targetpath -like "*edge_proxy.exe") {
            $Properties = @{
                ShortcutName = $Shortcut.Name;
                Path = $Shortcut.FullName;
                ShortcutDirectory = $shortcut.DirectoryName
                Target = $Shell.CreateShortcut($Shortcut).targetpath
            }
            #output the shortcut details as a PSObject
            New-Object PSObject -Property $Properties
        }
    }
    #Release the shell object
    [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($Shell) | Out-Null
}

But I don't see how it makes a difference without the registry, which I am not seeing any good docs on how to couple with the PWA shortcuts that have some references in : Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Mappings

Now I donøt use these PWA, so I won't be a good tester.

Could you perhaps suggest some more code logic if you want this feature added?

[htcfreek]

I can't help you with this. As some things have changed and my old solution doesn't work anymore, I have removed it.