Questions tagged [winget]
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Remove package from winget package list without uninstalling
Synopsis: I used Winget to install an application that had an auto
updater, such as Discord. The issue here is that if the Discord app
upgrades itself,the Winget will be unable to detect the change in
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How to remove/uninstall corrupted winget package?
When I run winget list python I get that Python.Python.3 is installed by winget; however, running python says the executable is missing.
winget uninstall --id Python.Python.3 runs the uninstaller but ...
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Winget renamed Microsoft.Teams into Microsoft.Edge
I was experimenting with winget, looking what Windows components I could easily remove with its help.
I ran winget install --id Microsoft.Teams, and then uninstalled it with winget uninstall --id ...
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Where does wingetcreate save new manifests to?
I created and submitted a new winget package manifest to Microsoft's winget-pkgs github repository using Microsoft's official CLI tool WinGetCreate by typing wingetcreate new and filling out the ...
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Is WinGetUI necessary for using WinGet?
I use Chocolatey for doing some installations. I've decided I'd also add WinGet to my machine. During the process of installing WinGet it also suggested I install WinGetUI. I thought that meant ...
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List of CDN URL's used for Winget
I am currently trying to roll Microsoft Store app (new) via Intune, but it looks like some of the CDN URLs are being blocked by our web filtering software (Forcepoint)
I would like to know where ...
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How can I add configuration file to Nano obtained from WinGet on WIndows?
I have installed this version of Nano using:
winget install GNU.nano
Now, I'm trying to figure out where to put the config files for nano to read them. Below is the list of places where I've tried ...
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Does "winget" just trust whatever each program's installer has selected by default?
I recently learned about the amazing (in theory) command "winget", built into Windows 10.
But something about it worries me: a lot of software has all kinds of user-hostile defaults selected ...
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MSYS2 cannot be updated in winget
winget v1.4.10173
While performing winget upgrade --all I got the folowing result:
Name Id Version Available Source
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Preferences reports wrong version for some installed apps
For a few of my apps, the preferences/apps control panel shows an incorrect (outdated) version. winget reports the same thing. For example, I have installed OBS Studio 28.0.2, but winget thinks it's ...
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