But if you want to use Winget in a Terminal window without installing anything extra, you can - and it’s easy. I know most Windows users are looking for a convenient graphical interface, which is why I showed off WingetUI first. The Winget tool is meant to be used on a command line. The Software Updates pane scans for application updates - and can install them all in a single click. Winget will handle it all, thanks to WingetUI. You won’t have to update every different application with a different software installer, and you won’t end up with a bunch of out-of-date, vulnerable applications that don’t update themselves. This tool will also sit in your system tray, notifying you of application updates. WingetUI also has support for Chocolatey enabled by default - that will help you find as many applications as possible - but you can turn that on or off from the settings screen if you want to simplify your app search results and just use Winget. Boom - all the applications you use are now installed, without the busywork. Just head to the Discover Packages screen in WingetUI and use the “Import packages from a file” button. On the Installed Packages screen, you can select your favorite installed applications and then click “Export Selected Applications to a File.” You can then back this file up and use it to install all your favorite applications at once on a new PC. If a package says it’s from “Winget” under the Source column, it can be updated through Winget using this application - even if you installed it from the web. Installed Packages: See a list of your installed applications and where they came from. Software Updates: Scan your computer for outdated applications and install updates for all of them at once - in a single click.Right-click a package in the search results and select “Package details” to see more information and options. Discover Packages: Search for packages like “Firefox” or “Steam” and install them.With WingetUI installed, you’ll see three convenient panes: It’s definitely a bit of a power-user tool, though you may still find it more user-friendly to learn how this works than to browse to scores of different websites to download your favorite applications in different ways. The Discover Packages pane lets you search a huge database of available applications. Prefer a graphical experience? Install WingetUI, an unofficial and open-source graphical interface to Winget as well as other package managers like the beloved-by-PC-geeks Chocolatey, which existed before Winget. There’s no way around that - that’s how Microsoft keeps it hidden. Winget is officially just a command-line too. A shiny graphical face for the secret Winget tool Microsoft is clearly positioning this tool more for system administrators and less for home users - but Windows would be a lot better if the Microsoft Store app made peace with the secret Winget tool and they worked together. Winget installs it “silently,” using the default options - while making sure to not install any junkware. When Winget installs a program (such as Mozilla's Firefox, let’s say, or Valve’s Steam), it downloads the latest version of the application from the developer’s website (Mozilla, in this case, or Valve) and installs it. Winget has a big official, Microsoft-provided database of Windows applications, and you can install them with the Winget command. The Windows Package Manager can scan your computer for installed software and notice whether it matches known software. (It’s also an official, Microsoft-supported alternative to beloved tools like Chocolatey.) It has a lot in common with package managers on Linux, actually. Microsoft hasn’t given this tool a shiny graphical interface - but I’ll show you how to give it a friendly graphical interface in a moment. And when your chosen apps have updates, this tool can also scan for updates and quickly update installed apps in a single action. You can ask for your favorite 20 apps simultaneously, and it will automatically download and install them for you - saving you a ton of time. And it’ll automatically decline adware and other junk included in software installers. All you have to do is ask for an application by name, and Winget will automatically download it from the official website and install it without making you click anything. This tool is really the ultimate Windows software installation option. Plus, you’ll get free copies of Paul Thurrott’s Windows 11 and Windows 10 Field Guides (a $10 value) just for subscribing! The Windows Store replacement you’ve been waiting for Want Windows advice you can’t find anywhere else? My free Windows Intelligence newsletter delivers all the best Windows tips and tricks straight to your inbox.
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