Install winget from PowerShell

• Install winget-cli straight from PowerShell
• Always gets the latest version of winget
• Works on Windows 10, Windows 11, Server 2022
• WinGet (and therefore this script) requires "Windows 10 version 1809 or newer (LTSC included)"
• Does not work on Server 2019

Script Functionality

• Latest version of Microsoft.UI.Xaml is downloaded and installed.

• VCLibs and Xaml are installed first

• Processor architecture is determined for prerequisites

• VCLibs is installed straight from the appx package

• Xaml is installed by downloading the nupkg, extracting it, and installing the appx package

• winget-cli is then installed

• User PATH variable is adjusted to include WindowsApps folder

• Grabs the latest version of winget on each run

Setup

Method 1 - PowerShell Gallery

• In PowerShell, type

Install-Script winget-install -Force

• answer Yes to all prompts if asked Note: -Force is optional, but it will force the script to update if it is outdated.

The script is published on PowerShell Gallery under winget-install.

Tip - How to trust PSGallery

If you want to trust PSGallery so you aren't prompted each time you run this command, you can type...

Set-PSRepository -Name 'PSGallery' -InstallationPolicy Trusted

Method 2 - Download Locally and Run

• Download winget-install.ps1
• Run the script with .\winget-install.ps1

Usage

In PowerShell, type

winget-install

Available Scripts

• winget-install.ps1
  • Unsigned script in the repo, signed script in releases

Troubleshooting

• If you receive an error message about the Appx module not being loaded, try using a different version of PowerShell (version 6 and 7 seem to be buggy still, but the native PowerShell version in Windows works)
• Open an issue if you run into a persistant problem.

Contributing

If you're like to help develop this project: fork the repo. 😊