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I would like to use winget, on Windows 10, as a packet manager, it seems to work pretty well. However I have encountered a big inconvenience: I seem to be not able to specify the location of the installation folder. In the online documentation I have read that I should use --location to specify the location, so something like winget install --id GitHub.Atom --location "C:\Program Files" However this seems to accomplish nothing, and Atom still gets installed into the AppData local folder. I don't get what I am doing wrong here: should I use single quotes? Should I use no quotes at all? I have also tried to use the --scope machine specification, it should tell winget to install the program for all users. However it still gets installed into the local AppData.

What am I doing wrong? Not being able to specify the installation folder is a huge dealbreker for winget... And this package manager has been around for years at this point. If this is a bug it is simply inexcusable, or am I missing something?

Noumeno
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  • `-l, --location` Location to install to (**if supported**). – DavidPostill Nov 20 '21 at 12:16
  • I have researched Atom before it’s use of AppData is intentional – Ramhound Nov 20 '21 at 12:26
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    @Ramhound What do you mean? What are the reasons behind the use of that specific folder? Can you expand on it in an answer? – Noumeno Nov 20 '21 at 12:28
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    @DavidPostill Yes I saw that, but I don't get what Microsoft means by: "if supported"... What are the limitations? Where is the difficulty in installing something in a folder instead of another one? – Noumeno Nov 20 '21 at 12:30
  • @Noumeno I suspect **if supported** means the application you are trying to install supports a custom directory location. – DavidPostill Nov 20 '21 at 12:50

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