windowsmicrosoft-edgegroup-policy

How to get the PFN (package family names) for Microsoft Edge extensions?

I made an extension for Microsoft Edge. And I want to change a group policy in Local Group Policy Editor to prevent turning off required extensions. In the dialog indicated in the image below, I need to input the PFN (package family names) of the package. How can I get the PFN (package family names) for the extension of Edge?

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Solution

  • you can refer steps below to get PFN (package family name) for the Extensions of MS Edge browser.

    (1) Open Windows PowerShell window.

    (2) Type below command.

    Get-AppxPackage *Extension-Name*

    (3) Press Enter and see the PFN (package family name).

    For example, here I try to check the PFN for Tampermonkey extension and this is the result I got.

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    Reference:

    Find a package family name (PFN) for per-app VPN