The Windows Package Manager is a tool designed to help you quickly and easily discover and install those tools that make your PC environment special.
Install Winget via the Microsoft store or via command.
Windows key + R and then paste this line : “ms-windows-store://pdp/?productid=9nblggh4nns1”.
Installed from the Microsoft store didn’t worked.
Checked the user profile :
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
No winget.exe file could be found over there so the installation was not successful.
Checked the App execution aliases, no mention of the Windows Package Manager Client.
Checked the installed application,
Get-AppPackage “*installer*” -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller | Remove-AppxPackage
Went to Github and clicked the update
winget search
To install an app, simply type . If you want more information about the app, type inbefore you do anything else. You can also create a simple script to install multiple applications at once, such as:
From <https://lifehacker.com/install-all-of-your-apps-at-once-with-windows-10s-new-p-1843586143>
Install an app | winget install [app name] |
Winget search |more | |
App information | winget show [app name] |
install multiple applications | @echo off Echo Install multiple applications Winget install winrar if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 Echo WinRAR installed successfully. winget install thunderbird if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 Echo Thunderbird installed successfully.pause |
manage your repositories | Winget source list add/list/update/remove/reset |
Powertoys
winget install powertoys
Install / uninstall storeApps via Powershell | Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName From <https://qwertyarticles.com/2018/04/08/using-powershell-to-uninstall-and-reinstall-windows-10-apps/> Get-AppxPackage PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage |
Get-AppXPackage -allusers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”} |