fix: improve UWP app population#759
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Fixes #621
What this PR does
Some preinstalled apps (e.g. ImmersiveControlPanel) and not all apps installed through Microsoft Store were listed in the application list. This PR changes the app inventory script to include those apps.
Background & Reasoning
Root cause of missing UWP apps was
SignatureKindfilterering packages signed asSystemorDeveloper. This blocked legitimate user-facing apps.Removing the filter flooded the list with Windows internal components requiring new filters:
<Application>tag in the manifest are runtimes / dependenciesAppListEntry="none"property are internal appsTo correctly display the name of the settings app resolving ms-resource: strings was required.
Changes
Filtering
SignatureKindfilters (System,Developer)<Application>element are skippedAppListEntry="none"elements are skippedName resolution
DisplayNamefromAppxManifest.xmlis now parsed and passed along to allowms-resource:lookups.Get-UWPApplicationNamenow resolvesms-resource:display names via the WinRTPackageManagerAPI.Testing
Tested on Windows 11 (26200.8117). UWP scan now surfaces apps that were previously missing.
Note
This PR was developed with AI assistance (Claude).