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Stop-AppvClientPackage

Shuts down virtual environments for specified packages.

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Microsoft AppvClient reference: Shuts down virtual environments for specified packages. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.

Stop-AppvClientPackage [-Global] [-Name] <String> [[-Version] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

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Required permissions

Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Stop-AppvClientPackage. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.

Supported environments

Windows / AppvClient · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply

Parameters

-Global: Specifies that the cmdlet shuts down virtual environments for the specified packages for all users on the computer. Usage of the *Global* parameter requires administrative credentials.
-Name (required): Specifies the friendly name of the package given during Sequencing time. This value is obtained from the package manifest.
-Package (required): Specifies an App-V package.
-PackageId (required): Specifies a GUID that uniquely identifies the package. It can be found in the package manifest or by opening the package in the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Sequencer. The package ID is shared by all versions of a package.
-Version: Specifies the version of an App-V package in a lineage. If you do not specify this parameter, the cmdlet operates on all available versions of the package on the computer.
-VersionId (required): Specifies a GUID that differentiates a package version from other versions, whether older, newer, or of a different lineage. If you do not specify this parameter, the cmdlet operates on all versions of the package.

Prerequisites

Windows with the AppvClient module and the Windows feature or management tools that provide it. Confirm target connectivity and version compatibility using the linked Microsoft reference.

Security considerations

This cmdlet changes system state. Review every target and parameter in the official reference, test outside production, and prepare an appropriate backup or rollback. Do not execute the example automatically.

Examples

Example 1: Shut down a virtual environment for a version of a package

Stop-AppvClientPackage -Name "MyPackage" -Version 2

This command shuts down the virtual environment of version 2 of package named MyPackage. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.

Sources

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-powershell-docs/blob/b7645dd8c687139b28e845119da30ec670526507/docset/winserver2025-ps/AppvClient/Stop-AppvClientPackage.md

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/appvclient/stop-appvclientpackage?view=windowsserver2025-ps

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