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Do you want to produce a download with all the applications configured in your Citrix XenApp Farm with PowerShell?

By Johan van Soest.

Published : 2014-03-11.

Last updated : 2017-05-02.

Citrix installs the PowerShell extensions default on the XenApp servers so you do not have to download and configure them (see example 2 for a server based Excel version).
Here are the steps to run the Citrix PowerShell snapins on your client PC.

Example 1: PC based

Add-PSSnapin Citrix*
Get-PSSnapin Citrix*
Get-XAApplicationReport * -ComputerName nlaalcit01 | Export-Clixml c:\test\DownloadApps.xml

Example 2: Server Based

Check if registered Citrix Snapins are loaded on the XenApp server:

PS> Get-PSSnapin Citrix* -Registered

Name        : Citrix.Common.Commands
PSVersion   : 2.0
Description : Citrix Common Commands

Name        : Citrix.Common.GroupPolicy
PSVersion   : 2.0
Description : Citrix Group Policy Provider

Name        : Citrix.XenApp.Commands
PSVersion   : 2.0
Description : Citrix XenApp Commands

Ok, the Citrix Snapins are registered. Now you can run the following commands:

PS> Add-PSSnapin Citrix*
PS> Get-XAApplication -ComputerName nlaalcit01 | Export-Csv c:\temp\CitrixApps.csv

This will retrieve the following parameters per application:

AccessSessionConditions	CachingOption	EncryptionRequired	ProfileLocation
AccessSessionConditionsEnabled	ClientFolder	FolderPath	ProfileProgramArguments
AddToClientDesktop	ColorDepth	HideWhenDisabled	ProfileProgramName
AddToClientStartMenu	CommandLineExecutable	InstanceLimit	RunAsLeastPrivilegedUser
AlternateProfiles	ConnectionsThroughAccessGatewayAllowed	LoadBalancingApplicationCheckEnabled	SequenceNumber
AnonymousConnectionsAllowed	ContentAddress	MachineName	SslConnectionEnabled
ApplicationId	CpuPriorityLevel	MaximizedOnStartup	StartMenuFolder
ApplicationType	Description	MultipleInstancesPerUserAllowed	TitleBarHidden
AudioRequired	DisplayName	OfflineAccessAllowed	WaitOnPrinterCreation
AudioType	Enabled	OtherConnectionsAllowed	WindowType
BrowserName	EncryptionLevel	PreLaunch	WorkingDirectory

This generates the following overview when imported in Excel:

Citrix XenApp application parameters exported and shown in Microsoft Excel.

To get a limited ordered list of application information the next powershell script can be used.
This example runs on a XenApp server, grabs on the application name, description and if the application is available. The CSV file is ordered alphabetically and downloaded to the computer PC0101.

# This PowerShell script must run on a XenApp Server.
# It extracts the Application name, description and if it is enabled. The sorted file is
# downloaded to the computer PC0101 (Change it to your pc!)
# (C)Copyright 2015-2025 vanSoest.it by Johan van Soest
Add-PSSnapin Citrix*
Get-PSSnapin Citrix*
Get-XAApplicationReport * |
   Select DisplayName, Description, Enabled |
   Sort DisplayName |
   Export-Csv -Path \\PC0101\c$\test\CitrixApps.csv

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