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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 WinGetUI was necessary for the functioning of WinGet, so I went ahead and installed WinGetUI as well.

Now, WinGetUI pops up notifications on a regular and frequent basis, informing me that there's so many updates I could apply. That's OK, but not as often as WinGetUI does this. I'd like to know if WinGetUI is necessary for the functioning of WinGet?

Destroy666
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Rod
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    Nope. You can stop it from starting when the computer boots with (for example) https://learn.microsoft.com/nl-nl/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns (note that [the WinGetUI github](https://github.com/marticliment/WingetUI) says: "Disclaimer: This project has no connection with Winget, Chocolatey or Scoop — it's completely unofficial. ") – Gantendo May 11 '23 at 17:16
  • Oh, that's irritating. Thank you, I'll get rid of it. – Rod May 13 '23 at 01:17
  • Did my answer help @Rod? – Destroy666 May 25 '23 at 17:42

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No. WinGet is a package manager. Package managers normally don't require GUI, in case something goes wrong with your system and you can't access system's interface to uninstall faulty app(s). Thus they're programmed for CLI by default and the Windows ones also follow this standard.

GUI apps are extras that help less experienced users or often they're more comfortable to use than CLI. On Linux you can also find a bunch of more advanced CLI apps that draw traversable interfaces in the console (TUIs).

As for the notifications in WingetUI, you can always disable them:

  1. Click on upper right vertical three dots icon (kebab menu).
  2. Choose WingetUI settings.
  3. Choose Notification bar options.
  4. Disable notifications when updates are available.
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  • I don't think its actually part of the default install either - I've been running winget on windows 11 (where I think its stock) and 10 (where its installed) and neither has/had the ui installed – Journeyman Geek May 16 '23 at 08:12
  • It's also stock on newer Windows 10 I'm pretty sure. No clue where author got that install from. – Destroy666 May 16 '23 at 08:36
  • WingetUI (i am the dev) is a third party utility, and is not required to be able to run Winget. It only provides a graphical interface for winget, scoop and chocolatey (and for others in the future) – Martí Climent May 18 '23 at 15:04